‘Don’t Search Neon Brown’ Goes Viral On TikTok, Here’s What It Means

TikTok is a social media app where users can share videos or clips of them. Usually, a trend starts and all the creators follow that to hype up the vibe of the platform. Like every other app, there are times when limits have been crossed and TikTok became a perhaps harmful place to be online. Many trends like, ‘Get Ready with Me’, ‘Ceiling Challenge’, and ‘Find your DNA’ have come and gone.

Viral Tiktok Trend ‘Don’t Search Neon Brown’

Recently the phrase, ‘Don’t Search Neon Brown’ went viral on TikTok, which obviously will make users search neon brown. But when they clicked on the link which was shared by the user, @neon.brown1 it was full of deep fake celebrities and thumbnails, very unsettling and unsafe for users to see. Celebrity deep fakes are a very common thing these days, their faces are morphed on inappropriate videos to create fake content on them.

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k so i just searched "neon brown" on tiktok bc everyone told me not to and i didn't find anything… until i kept scrolling…. why did i keep scrolling??? WHYYY DID I KEEP SCROLLING????

— how can astrid be guilty as sin?🍉 (@Astrid_131313) December 12, 2023

These illegal activities are mostly done to gain online attention and engagement. The account gained a lot of recognition and engagement in a couple of hours with the clickbait post. This content is against the safety and regulation content on the app. However, people who already saw the content posted did warn other users to not view the posts.

Later ‘Don’t Search Neon Brown’ became a trend to warn people to not view the posts on the account. Later, the moderators on TikTok checked out the content full of deep fakes of celebrities and inappropriate clips and got it removed after a few hours.

https://twitter.com/lovvelaace/status/1735021955164553360

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TikTok rules are strong against this content but this account did get away with it for a few hours. Few users reported the content which led them to file a complaint against the user posting things as such. Now its thankfully removed from the platform.

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Well there's this account on TikTok "neon brown"
They used AI to create inappropriate images of Her and used it as a cover on their page for two of their videos
It's really disgusting

— eva (@bookgirlie_) December 12, 2023

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