The viral TikTok trend called the "Chromebook challenge" encourages students to try and make their school-issued Chromebooks ...

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Heard of the 'Chromebook Challenge' at all? The apparent aim is to make the school-issued laptop start to smoke, or even set ...

TikTok users around the globe had their moment of shared panic reserved for lost internet connections or dead batteries, and the app crashed. Panic erupted at about 4:15 p.

TikTok / @slaydavie Some of the shameful ... The astonishing trend calls to mind previous crazes such as “the blackout challenge” — said to have led to serious injury and even death.

Tawainna Anderson sued TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance after her daughter Nylah in 2021 attempted the blackout challenge using a purse strap hung in her mother's closet.

(Reuters) - TikTok Inc won dismissal of a lawsuit accusing it of causing the death of a 10-year-old girl by promoting a deadly "blackout challenge" that encouraged people to choke themselves on ...