TikTok is facing multiple lawsuits from parents who say their children died of strangulation attempting the “blackout challenge,” after the app showed them videos of other people trying it.

The "blackout challenge" was one of the most dangerous trends to hit TikTok back in 2021. While it's not a new concept, the ...

In February 2021, a nine-year-old girl in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, choked to death after wrapping a household item around her neck while allegedly trying to perform the blackout challenge ...

The "blackout challenge" was one of the most dangerous trends to hit TikTok back in 2021. While it's not a new concept, the challenge's resurgence is being linked to deaths in young users.

By Michael Levenson and April Rubin The parents of two girls who said their children died as a result of a “blackout challenge” on TikTok are suing the company, claiming its algorithm ...

Nylah was rushed to the hospital, where she died five days later. Over an 18-month span between 2021 and 2022, the Blackout Challenge was said to have killed 20 children in 18 months, 15 of them ...

The lawsuit claims Isaac Kenevan, 13, Archie Battersbee, 12, Julian 'Jools' Sweeney, 14, and Maia Walsh, 13, died from doing the 'blackout challenge', popular on the video-sharing app.

The “Blackout Challenge” had previously been implicated in the death of several children, some of whom were younger than 12 years old. Her estate sued TikTok and its parent company and ...

Share on Pinterest TikTok’s viral “blackout challenge” (also known as the “choking challenge” can lead to permanent brain damage or death in under five minutes. Sneksy/Getty Images The ...

Several kids died taking part in the “Blackout Challenge," which Third Circuit Judge Patty Shwartz described in her opinion as encouraging users "to choke themselves with belts, purse strings ...

The “blackout challenge” has been trending in recent years, following the deaths of children who participated. Now bereaved British parents of four children, all aged 12-14, are suing TikTok ...

Families of four British children are suing TikTok, alleging the 'blackout challenge' led to their deaths, as they seek access to social media data for answers A TikTok executive has said that the ...