We have new challenges on social networks and unfortunately not only is it quite absurd (like 99% of these challenges); It is also tremendously dangerous. His name is Skull-breaker Challenge and he does not stop starring in videos on TikTok.
The challenges, the viral challenges
In case this catches you too "out of the loop", we quickly put you in the situation. The challenges are the challenges that are launched on the internet and shared on social networks, becoming viral on TikTok or Instagram mainly. Someone poses a challenge in this way (of whatever kind) and people begin to replicate it in their accounts, often turning this mission into a whole social event that is reproduced without rest, even taking the leap (when they have a great impact). from one country to another.
Sometimes the challenges have a protest component (remember the challenge is to throw a bucket of cold water to make visible the ALS disease that became well known throughout the world) or merely funny (videos of people not moving were part of the very famous Chellenge Mannequin, the Challenge of Manikin), but there are also very controversial ones. Some because they imply an added collateral risk that the youngest are not capable of seeing (the In my feelings Challenge invite get out of a moving car to get you to dance which can cause an accident); others because they are directly unconscious and a threat to the health or life of people.
Eating bars of soap, putting a condom up your nose, crossing a road blindfolded... All these actions are nothing more than challenges that are they viralize at a devilish pace due to the fact of being shown on social networks, especially those in which the YOUNG (more prone to these acts without thinking about their consequences) are more active.
And precisely TikTok, the network of the moment par excellence among minors, is the replica scenario of the last and dangerous viral challenge: Skull-breaker Challenge (translated would be the Skullcrack Challenge). With such a name you can already imagine that nothing new can come from there...
Skull-breaker Challenge, the TikTok challenge
El Skull-breaker Challenge It has gone viral especially in the United States. There, this challenge has become the fashion of the moment and it is so risky that even the parents of affected minors have also begun to move on social networks, asking other adults to explain to their children the dangers of doing this.
At Skullcrack Challenge two people stand on each side of a third (with whom the challenge is executed without knowing anything). The accomplices jump first and then invite the middle one to do the same. What happens is that when it does, kicks her legs in the air, causing him to fall on the ground on his back, sometimes on his ass (in the best of cases) and other times landing with the head.
The? #SkullbreakerChallenge ? is an extremely dangerous prank that has gone viral on social media like TikTok.
It involves tricking someone into jumping and then kicking their legs out from beneath them.
It could easily cause life long injury or death.
Talk. Uncle. Your. Kids. pic.twitter.com/xKZuWyhkoT
— Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office (@LafourcheSO) February 26, 2020
This practice has already caused some adolescent to lose consciousness from the blow received or even be admitted. In New Jersey, two minors have even been accused of third degree assault, due to the terrible consequences it had for the injured victim.
Such is the situation that TikTok has been forced to intervene. The social network has issued a release about the danger of certain challenges and has warned that they will censor all content that shows challenges that could cause injury. This is the main fragment of the text published on his blog:
User safety is our top priority at TikTok, and we don't allow content that encourages or replicates dangerous challenges that could lead to injury. In fact, it is a violation of our Community Guidelines and we will continue to remove this type of content from our platform. More importantly, we encourage everyone to exercise caution in their behavior, whether online or not. No one wants their friends or family to get hurt by recording a video or trying a trick. It's not fun - and since we remove that kind of content, it certainly won't make you famous on TikTok. If you see something that looks questionable, online or IRL [in real life], please report it!
You know: if you watch videos of challenges that imply a risk, report them on the social network and, above all, don't replicate them.