Tiktok is full of entertaining videos of cats, humorous dances, and yes, even challenges: the famous ice challenge has returned and is a mental promotion support. But now a dangerous challenge of Tiktok is extending through the application of video shortly and through the schools of the United States.
The Chromebook Challenge, named for the Google laptop line, encourages students to insert metal elements into the USB port on their computers issued by the school, with the intention of creating sparks, smoke and possible fire.
A Tiktok representative told NBC News that challenge videos were not exclusive to their platform, and that search terms such as “Chromebook Challenge” have been blocked.
A Google representative did not immediately respond to the request for comments from CNETs
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Search Tiktok will bring videos that show children who try the dangerous and harmful challenge. Schools, as expected, are not happy.
David Winston, director of Lincoln Park Middle School in Morris County, New Jersey, sent a letter to the parents about the dangers of the law, as reported by Northjesey.com.
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“We hope that our students make response decisions and refrain from any behavior that may result in injuries, damage to property, disciplinary action or loss of privileges,” Winston said in his letter. “This type of act is considered a vandalm form and, if a fire occurs, it could be treated as a fire.”
And children may not be laughing when their parents get the invoice of a damaged or ruined laptop.
“We are asking for your help to talk to your child the importance of taking care of their school devices and thinking twice before participating in online challenges like this,” says a letter sent to parents of children in the public schools of Prince George of Virginia. “As a reminder, families are the response to the cost of any deliberate damage caused to Chromebooks issued by school.”
