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Earlier in 2024, TikTok star Kyle Marisa Roth died at the age of 36. Her cause of death was not immediately known, but fans honored her legacy upon the news. Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths of All Time
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,” or “choking challenge,” is an online challenge proliferated through social media apps such as TikTok that encourages viewers to asphyxiate themselves until they ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Age distribution of youths aged 6–19 years whose deaths were attributed to the "choking game" (n=82) during 1995–2007, compared with youths whose deaths were attributed to suicide by hanging/suffocation (n=5,101) during 1999–2005
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 ...