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Viral TikTok ‘Chromebook Challenge’ leads to Long Beach student’s arson arrest, officials say
The 13-year-old is accused by the school district of damaging the laptop as part of the “Chromebook Challenge,” a TikTok trend in which students intentionally jam lead or metal objects into the ports of a Chromebook, causing it to short-circuit and, in some instances, cause sparks, smoke and fire.
At least two Chromebooks were damaged in Clovis Unified schools as a result of the viral TikTok challenge, and Fresno Unified ...
Students are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks by inserting metal objects like paper clips, pencils, and even ...
TikTok has taken steps to mitigate the challenge by suppressing videos tagged with #ChromebookChallenge or “Chromebook challenge.” Searches for these terms now yield a safety warning ...
I asked Barber if there wasn’t some Streisand Effect happening, since his warning had certainly made me more interested in doing the Chromebook Challenge. He laughed. “It’s been out there ...
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