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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]
Dance stated that she believed Battersbee was taking part in a dangerous TikTok phenomenon known as the "blackout challenge". [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This claim of a link to TikTok was broadcast on ITV's This Morning , but ITV subsequently apologised, claiming there was no evidence that Battersbee viewed this particular challenge via TikTok and also ...
The lawsuit alleges 8-year-old Lalani, of Temple, Texas, and 9-year-old Arriani, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, “died of self-strangulation while participating in TikTok’s ’Blackout Challenge ...
A U.S. appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after taking part in a viral "blackout challenge" in which users of the social media platform ...
Multiple lawsuits have been filed against TikTok, accusing the platform of hosting content that led to the death of at least seven children. [25] 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 no stranger to viral trends. From blending whey protein and coffee and exercises for improving your sex game to meme-able ways to talk about vaccinations, the "blackout challenge" is ...
Skullbreaker challenge – A TikTok challenge that went viral in February 2020 and spread to other sections of the internet. The challenge involves two people convincing another person to jump, and then kick their legs out, causing the person jumping to fall on their head. Several people have been hospitalized after performing this challenge. [18]
A New Jersey homeowner was left with $700 worth of damage — and nearly a heart attack — after masked pranksters stomped on her front door as part of a twisted TikTok challenge cops warn could ...