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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]
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 ...
Arriani was found dead in February of 2021 after participating in the blackout challenge, and her parents are filing a lawsuit against TikTok in hopes of keeping other kids safe and avoiding ...
A Wisconsin family is suing TikTok after their 9-year-old daughter died attempting the so-called "blackout challenge" popularized on social media. Arriani Jaileen Arroyo died by asphyxiation on ...
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 ...
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]
For instance, in 2021, a “blackout challenge” on the app led to the death of a ten-year-old girl, following which TikTok deleted 500,000 accounts that had ages it couldn’t be verified.
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 stated that search queries for the challenge do not show any results, linking instead to protective resources, while the parents of two of the ...