TikTok sued in US after girls die in ‘Blackout Challenge’

Image caption: A wrongful death lawsuit in California says TikTok’s algorithm promotes dangerous ‘challenges’ to young users. Image credit: Loic Venance / AFP via Getty Images. TechXplore – July 8, 2022. Article © 2022 AFP.

Video-sharing sensation TikTok is being sued in California after children died while taking part in a “Blackout Challenge” that makes a sport of choking oneself until passing out. The lawsuit filed in state court in Los Angeles last week accuses TikTok software of “intentionally and repeatedly” pushing the Blackout Challenge that led to the deaths of an eight-year-old girl in Texas and a nine-year-old girl in Wisconsin last year. […]

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