Tiktok has banned the “Milk Crate Challenge” on its platform as dangerous

In an attempt to prevent more people from getting injured, the famous social network TikTok decided ban searches and related content Al “Milk crate challenge” of the whole platform, as advertised CNN.

A few days ago, a new trend started to take hold on the short viral video platform under the name of “Milk Crate Challenge” or the challenge of the milk box, in which the participants They climb crates of milk stacked like a mountain with a peak of seven bricks of milk high in order to descend without problem.

All the videos of this challenge, which was offered as a balance test, have in common that the vast majority of its participants do not complete the challenge. On the contrary, many people they fall in the middle of the recording, which would injure several people because of a viral video.

Just before the term was banned from the platform, the hashtag #cratechallenge I have already had over 75 million views across the social network and many users were using it as a quick way to reach stars of viral content around the world and regardless of language.

Regarding the decision, TikTok said the issue is notable because it is a trend that puts the health of anyone who tries it at risk. “TIC Tac prohibits content that promotes or glorifies dangerous acts, and we have removed videos and redirected searches to our community rules to discourage such content, ”said a spokesperson for the social network.

Currently, when searching for terms related to this trend, the app’s search engine does not display any results and explains that the content in question has been deleted for breaking community rules. However, several recordings are already circulating on other networks such as Facebook and Twitter of many people making the viral challenge.

The decision would also be made for prevent more casualties from occupying spaces in clinics and hospitals In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, such vacancies could be used for patients infected with the new coronavirus while many participants in the challenge were able to prevent themselves from having avoided putting themselves in danger.

As of now, there’s no way of knowing if the challenge will stop going viral on other platforms and even as a physical event that people would attend in places like New York, although at less is a measure that hopes to prevent more people from continuing to promote the development of videos that endanger them and those who want to reproduce such risky acts.

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