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  2. Blackout challenge - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Lawsuits involving TikTok - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Dangerous Social Media ‘Blackout Challenge’ Can Cause Brain ...

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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 ...

  5. Choking game - Wikipedia

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    Of these 86.6% were male, and the mean age was 13.3. 95.7% of these deaths occurred while the youth was alone; parents of the decedents were unaware of the game in 92.9% of cases. Deaths were recorded in 31 states and were not clustered by location, season or day of week. [17]

  6. Mother whose child died in TikTok challenge urges US ... - AOL

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    A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday wrestled with whether the video-based social media platform TikTok could be sued for causing a 10-year-old girl's death by promoting a deadly "blackout challenge ...

  7. Dangerous 'Blackout Challenge' Linked To 2 NJ Middle ... - AOL

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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.

  8. ‘Blackout Challenge’ killed their daughters, parents say in ...

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    The lawsuit alleges TikTok is addictive and “pushes harmful content” to users, thus leading to the deaths of Lalani and Arriani. TikTok’s community guidelines state users are not to share ...

  9. US appeals court revives a lawsuit against TikTok over 10 ...

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    US appeals court revives a lawsuit against TikTok over 10-year-old's 'blackout challenge' death By MARYCLAIRE DALE Legal Affairs Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A U.S. appeals court revived on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died attempting a viral challenge she allegedly saw on TikTok that dared people ...