School officials are warning parents about a potentially dangerous TikTok trend that could harm students and their school-issued Chromebooks.

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Don’t stick metal objects into electronic devices. That seemingly obvious advice from New York state is in response to a social media trend known as the “Chromebook Challenge.”

Plainville Middle School has officially been added to the list of schools who have had students take part in a dangerous TikTok trend that involves Chromebooks. The trend involves students putting items in the laptop's USB port to cause a fire. Several videos of this trend have gone viral online.

The 'Chromebook Challenge' calls on kids to 'ignite' their Google laptops by jamming objects into the USB ports.