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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.
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]
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The “blackout challenge,” or “choking challenge,” is an online challenge proliferated through social media apps such as TikTok that encourages viewers to asphyxiate themselves until they ...
Multiple lawsuits have been filed against TikTok, accusing the platform of hosting content that led to the death of at least seven children. [32] The lawsuits claim that children died after attempting the "Blackout challenge", a TikTok trend that involves strangling or asphyxiating someone or themselves until they black out (passing out ...
TikTok is facing other “blackout”-related lawsuits. In December, 10-year-old Nylah Anderson choked to death after accidentally hanging herself in her closet, per The Washington Post. When she ...
Anderson v. TikTok, 2:22-cv-01849, (E.D. Pa.), is a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in which the court held that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), 47 U.S.C. § 230, does not bar claims against TikTok, a video-sharing social media platform, regarding TikTok's recommendations to users via its algorithm.
The Texas and Wisconsin girls loved to dance, sing and post videos to TikTok. Their parents say they died participating in a dangerous challenge.