YouTube & Facebook are trying to stop the spread of the #TidePodChallenge

A new online challenge that involves teens putting Tide laundry-detergent pods in their mouths is raising concerns among experts.

“Teens trying to be funny are now putting themselves in danger by ingesting this dangerous substance,” Ann Marie Buerkle, acting chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, told ABC News.

YouTube, which is owned by Google (GOOGL), says it's taking down clips that show people taking bites of the pods. The videos have become an online craze among teenagers, prompting widespread health and safety warnings.
"YouTube's Community Guidelines prohibit content that's intended to encourage dangerous activities that have an inherent risk of physical harm," a Google spokesperson said in a statement. "We work to quickly remove flagged videos that violate our policies."
Facebook (FB) has also removed posts from its platforms, including Instagram.
A company spokesperson told CNNMoney that "we don't allow the promotion of self-injury and will remove it when we're made aware of it."