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TikTok on Tuesday gained immunity from a lawsuit that accused the firm of causing the death of a 10-year-old girl by promoting a deadly "blackout challenge" that encouraged people to choke themselves.
A family was left devastated after a 12-year-old boy died, reportedly attempting a dangerous social media challenge known as the "scarf challenge", a variation of TikTok's deadly "blackout challenge", ...
TikTok, in its defence, has stated that content related to the blackout challenge has been blocked since 2020 and that the platform removes such material proactively.
A 12-year-old UK boy named Sebastian has died after allegedly participating in the dangerous TikTok “blackout challenge”, ...
Dangerous TikTok trends popularize reckless behavior, costing vulnerable youth safety, self-esteem, and sometimes even their ...
The 12-year-old's death comes just months after the parents of four British teenagers filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against TikTok over the deaths of their children, alleging that their deaths occurred ...
A 12-year-old boy in England has died after reportedly attempting the "blackout challenge," a social media trend that involves self-strangulation. West Yorkshire Police responded to a Friday call ...
A 12-year-old UK boy named Sebastian has died after allegedly participating in the dangerous TikTok “blackout challenge”, which hypes a form of self-strangulation by challenging users to see ...
A GoFundMe page set up by a loved one claims the boy's death stemmed from a dangerous social media challenge known as the “blackout challenge,” which involves choking “What happened is a ...
The boy named Sebastian hailed from Castleford, West Yorkshire. He was at home celebrating his younger brother’s First Holy ...