GoKawiilFake TikTok 'Blocus' accounts incited Barcelona riot, 130 arrested
Anonymous TikTok accounts under the Blocus label promoted an October 24 gathering in Barcelona styled as a French-inspired student protest, but QR codes linked to private chats pushed looting instead of organising. The event turned violent, with masked youths smashing shop windows and clashing with police, resulting in 130 arrests—76 of them minors—and 14 injured officers. Mayor Jaume Collboni confirmed there is no evidence tying the unrest to the actual French student movement it claimed to echo.