TikTok bans #sunburnchallenge: Hashtag saw users showing off sunburns, raising ... trends now

TikTok bans #sunburnchallenge: Hashtag saw users showing off sunburns, raising ... trends now
TikTok bans #sunburnchallenge: Hashtag saw users showing off sunburns, raising ... trends now

TikTok bans #sunburnchallenge: Hashtag saw users showing off sunburns, raising ... trends now

TikTok permanently BANS a hashtag for a dangerous viral trend that outraged health campaigners TikTok bans #sunburnchallenge which received more than 300million views The hashtag saw users showing off their worst sunburns on the social media app Any sun-based hashtag will now be accompanied with a sun safety message The message 'Tanning, That's cooked' will appear to promote sun safety In Australia one person dies from melanoma every six hours

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TikTok has banned a hashtag, #sunburnchallenge, and launched a new campaign to change young people's perception of tanning over fears the viral trend was raising the risk of skin cancer among Australians.

The now-deleted hashtag saw users showing off their worst sunburns and received more than 300 million views worldwide on the app.

As a result of the trend the hashtag created, the social media platform will now attach a message to any summer, sun or tanning content. 

When a user searches for anything related to tanning

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