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| TikTok bans challenge due to safety concerns |
Fearing that users who engage in this trend could be seriously harmed, TikTok has banned the popular Milkbox challenge on its platform.
In the challenge, the platform user placed the milk crate in the shape of a pyramid and then tried to climb the unstable crate like a staircase.
A company spokesperson said in an email that the platform has banned content that promotes or glorifies dangerous business.
He added that the platform is removing videos and redirecting searches to community guidelines to block such content. We encourage everyone to be careful online and offline.
In most videos showing this trend, users fall to the ground while trying to climb one side of the pyramid.
Prior to the ban, many health workers expressed their concerns on social media about this trend and the danger it posed to affected staff.
The app's Search Queries tab now says "No results found. The search results page alerts users that the term may be related to behavior or content that violates the Guidelines. Promote a safe experience. Positivity is a priority for the platform."
However, when users search for challenge-related misspellings, there are still some videos in the app describing trends.
TikTok bans challenge due to safety concerns
It should be noted that while the number of views of these videos is not great. But I was able to get past the lock slot and survive thanks to the app.
Over the past few years, the popularity of the platform has created many serious challenges for the entire platform.
A popular trend in 2019 is to "challenge things". of them. Collided with the object while landing.
Last year, after a teen was hospitalized for a challenge, the public trend of Skull Breaker on the app sparked a criminal complaint. This tendency is to make that person fall on their head.
Dangerous trends are forcing such a platform to take measures to prevent its users from putting themselves in a harmful situation.