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The "blackout challenge" swept TikTok in 2021, and experts have been warning users not to try it since the early 2000s. ... the study had not heard of the choking game, we hope to raise awareness ...
The viral social media trend known as the "blackout challenge" (also called the "choking challenge") can lead to permanent brain damage or death in under five minutes. Here's what to know.
The blackout challenge is an internet challenge based around the choking game, which deprives the brain of oxygen. [1] It gained widespread attention on TikTok in 2021, primarily among children. [2] It has been compared to other online challenges and hoaxes that have exclusively targeted a young audience. [3]
Grover says these social media challenges are attractive because TikTok prioritizes content that gets those “likes.” What doesn’t get shown, she adds, are the people who get hurt.
TikTok has become a cultural phenomenon in the United States, but is currently facing a ban. CFOTO via Getty Images I’ll say it: The power TikTok has on my nighttime routine is unmatched.
US adults who have TikTok accounts are increasingly using the app as a source of news, with roughly a third of people aged 18-29 regularly using it to consume news in 2023.
In August 2020, the High Court encouraged the Bangladeshi government to prohibit "dangerous and harmful" applications such as TikTok, PUBG, and Free Fire to "save children and adolescents from moral and social degradation." [15] On 2 August 2024, TikTok, along with WhatsApp, Instagram and YouTube was blocked in Bangladesh due to quota reform ...
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