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A US woman has warned against a TikTok trend after it landed her in the hospital. Lana Clay-Monaghan was shopping with her children at a Southern California Target when a group of teens, influenced by TikTok, played a prank on her that landed her in the hospital . She was looking at baby products when everything suddenly went dark. Something had been placed over her head. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> Confused, alone and frightened, the mother of two twin boys could hear people around her laughing. “I immediately felt something come over me — a human presence behind me,” she said. “I started screaming. It was really abrupt. It really scared me. “When I turned around, it was a group of male individuals filming me. “I know they were filming me because the (camera) light was on. “They all had their phones and they were laughing.” US mum Lana Clay-Monaghan has issued a warning after she fell victim to a TikTok trend. Credit: Facebook Security ca...

Experts have raised the alarm over a diet trend on social media platforms including TikTok which they say is spreading “ Health misinformation”. “What I Eat In A Day”, or WIEIAD, videos online are incredibly popular, but social media users are warned to take these videos with a grain of salt. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Researcher warns of dangers of ‘What I Eat In A Day’ trend . Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> WIEIAD, videos have been popular on social media for years and first grew in prominence on YouTube. These videos feed consumers an endless dialogue of diet culture, promoting diets including those with no sugar, or that are high in protein, or with a focus on weight loss. A study from the University of the Sunshine Coast found the videos were doing more harm than good. “What we found was there was actually a lot of health misinformation in these videos,” Dr Naomi Smith, a sociology lecturer at USC said. These videos often recommend now-debunked trend s...

Indonesia is warning people against consuming liquid nitrogen after more than 20 children were harmed eating a street snack known as “dragon’s breath” that’s at the centre of a dangerous new viral video trend . The children suffered burns to their skin, severe stomach pains and food poisoning after consuming the colourful candies, according to Indonesia’s Ministry of Health, which is urging parents, teachers and local health authorities to be vigilant. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Warning issued for ‘dragon’s breath’ liquid nitrogen snack. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> The candies are dipped in liquid nitrogen to create a vapour effect when eaten. They are popular with children, dozens of whom have uploaded clips to TikTok showing them blowing the fumes out of their mouths, noses and ears. One video showing the preparation of the snack by a street vendor has been viewed close to 10 million times. Around 25 children have been hurt consuming the candies, includ...

A new scam is targeting TikTokers following the new “invisible body” trend whereby users film themselves naked with a filter which completely blurs their bodies. Scammers are now capitalising on the nude trend by offering a fake app that claims to have the ability to remove the blur - but what it really does is quite different. Instead of seeing naked bodies, users will be downloading malware capable of obtaining passwords and credit cards stored within the user’s browser, files from their computer, cryptocurrency wallets and Discord accounts, a report by security firm Checkmarx said. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> It reports that two TikTok users, who have since been removed from the platform, posted videos, with more than 1 million views combined, promoting a software app able to “remove filter invisible body“ with a link to download it. The new ‘invisible body’ trend has been hijacked by scammers capitalising on the curiosity of TikTok us...