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| Eaglescliffe ukulele couple's shock at fake viral TikTok profile | |
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| Roz and Graham Hall have been running a ukulele group for seven years | |
| A couple who create ukulele tutorial videos on YouTube were "shocked" to discover a fake profile of them had gone viral on TikTok. | |
| Roz and Graham Hall, from Eaglescliffe, Stockton, have been running the Eagle Ukes group for the last seven years and began creating videos during lockdown. | Roz and Graham Hall, from Eaglescliffe, Stockton, have been running the Eagle Ukes group for the last seven years and began creating videos during lockdown. |
| It came as a complete surprise to them to be told by a relative they had gone viral on TikTok, with millions of views. | It came as a complete surprise to them to be told by a relative they had gone viral on TikTok, with millions of views. |
| Mr Hall, 64, said they "could not believe it" as they did not have a profile on the social media site. | Mr Hall, 64, said they "could not believe it" as they did not have a profile on the social media site. |
| When the couple discovered their fake profile, they found whoever created it had taken pictures of them from Facebook. | When the couple discovered their fake profile, they found whoever created it had taken pictures of them from Facebook. |
| "We were shocked and I was angry," Mr Hall said. | "We were shocked and I was angry," Mr Hall said. |
| "I became more angry when I looked into it and whoever it was had taken a picture of me and my wife and used it. | "I became more angry when I looked into it and whoever it was had taken a picture of me and my wife and used it. |
| "They had taken 35 of our videos and clipped them down." | "They had taken 35 of our videos and clipped them down." |
| The Eagle Ukes has been going for seven years | The Eagle Ukes has been going for seven years |
| It took the ukulele players two weeks of reporting the videos to TikTok before they were taken down. | |
| During that time, the fake profile reached 14,000 followers and one video reached 1.2m views. | During that time, the fake profile reached 14,000 followers and one video reached 1.2m views. |
| Mr Hall added: "We went to TikTok and said we were being impersonated. | Mr Hall added: "We went to TikTok and said we were being impersonated. |
| "Initially, they said that they could not see any violations but we kept reporting the videos and so did our followers. | "Initially, they said that they could not see any violations but we kept reporting the videos and so did our followers. |
| "I thought 'no matter how long it takes, I'm going to get this person closed down'. | "I thought 'no matter how long it takes, I'm going to get this person closed down'. |
| "We decided it was not worth getting a solicitor, but thankfully TikTok began investigating and took down the profile." | "We decided it was not worth getting a solicitor, but thankfully TikTok began investigating and took down the profile." |
| The couple said they wanted to warn other creators about not having high privacy on their YouTube videos. | The couple said they wanted to warn other creators about not having high privacy on their YouTube videos. |
| They have now set up their own TikTok account to try to reach the younger audience who were enjoying their content. | They have now set up their own TikTok account to try to reach the younger audience who were enjoying their content. |
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