The Foreigner Challenge on TikTok involves minors sharing specific pictures and videos of themselves while “Foreigner” plays in the background.

Most of the TikTok challenges that move viral on the video-sharing app are simply harmless fun. Sometimes they contain getting oldsters to follow a particular dance routine. Sometimes they’re so simple as stepping thru your clasped arms to measure the dimension of your behind (we don’t make these up, people). Unfortunately, there’s a new TikTok challenge rising in popularity and it’s indisputably no longer one you want to be participating in. It’s referred to as the Foreigner Challenge.

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What is the TikTok Foreigner Challenge?

The Foreigner Challenge is under no circumstances harmless. It involves babies sharing sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves while the song “Foreigner” by Pop Smoke plays in the background (hence the title of the “challenge”). Obviously, we don’t want to give an explanation for why this is an enormous issue.

In most instances, Foreigner Challenge videos are first made the usage of the Funimate app, which allows customers to edit footage and movies in combination in an effort to make a longer video. The movies are then both uploaded to TikTok by way of the person themselves or sent to any other account that has been set up to percentage multiple users’ movies.

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On April 27, 2020, TikTok star Drama Kween posted a video to YouTube entitled “stop the foreigner challenge.” In the video, she shares some information about the so-called challenge and main points some of the risks serious about collaborating in it.

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Sadly, some pictures and videos that have been first of all uploaded to TikTok as part of the challenge have additionally started to make the rounds on other social media sites like Twitter and Instagram. Some accounts sharing the movies declare they’re seeking to “carry awareness” about the issue when in fact, all they're doing is making the videos more available to predatory other people. If you happen to peer any accounts sharing Foreigner Challenge videos, you must record them straight away.

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Is the TikTok Foreigner Challenge actual?

It’s difficult to determine what makes a challenge “actual,” but other people — specifically underage teenagers — are participating in the Foreigner Challenge trend. Obviously, it’s not a trend that has been whatsoever sanctioned by means of TikTok itself, but the video-sharing app does provide a convenient platform for any individual who needs to take part in the dangerous trend.

So what is TikTok doing about the Foreigner Challenge? It doesn’t seem as despite the fact that TikTok has made any legitimate statement referring to the challenge presently. However, the platform’s Safety Center does provide assets for fogeys who want to stay their youngsters protected while also permitting them to revel in having a TikTok account (or a limited TikTok revel in if they are beneath the age of 13).

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Another segment in the TikTok Safety Center says that “any content material that sexually exploits, targets, or endangers children is strictly prohibited on TikTok and is an instantaneous violation of our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. If we grow to be aware of this sort of content material we will be able to take motion instantly to remove content, terminate accounts, and file cases to NCMEC and legislation enforcement as appropriate.” 

Hopefully, which means that the Foreigner Challenge (and another future challenges like it) will briefly be handled through the app. In the period in-between, TikTok customers must make sure you report any movies, feedback, or users who are spreading dangerous content. Stay protected in the market, folks!

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