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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. The Dangerous ‘Blackout Challenge’ Trend Has Returned to TikTok

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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. ... A forensic analysis of the young girl's phone showed that she was using ...

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

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   TikTok’s viral “blackout challenge” (also known as the “choking challenge” can lead to permanent brain damage or death in under five minutes. ... Challenge videos may be particularly ...

5. Choking game - Wikipedia

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   A challenge, named the "Blackout challenge", became widespread on TikTok in 2021, resulting in multiple fatalities of children. [14] Injuries and fatalities

6. Social media challenges can be dangerous and even ... - AOL

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   “The Blackout Challenge”: The “choking game” — which involves people choking themselves to the point of passing out — predates TikTok, though social media has been credited with ...

7. A 10-year-old girl died during the viral ‘blackout challenge ...

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   In May 2022, Anderson sued TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, arguing they were aware of the Blackout Challenge and its dangers but continued to purposefully deliver the videos to young ...

8. List of Internet challenges - Wikipedia

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   Blackout Challenge/Choking Game - A challenge involving deliberately tying belts, cords, and other ligatures around ones neck, for the purpose of experiencing a "high". While the blackout challenge did not originate on the Internet, it had resurfaced in popularity on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic. [54]

9. TikTok updates Safety Center resources following research on ...

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   TikTok has developed a bad reputation for hosting dangerous viral "challenges" on its app, which at their worst, have led to serious injury or death -- as in the case of the blackout challenge ...