The "blackout challenge" was one of the most dangerous trends to hit TikTok back in 2021. While it's not a new concept, the ...
The "blackout challenge" swept TikTok in 2021, and experts have been warning users not to try it since the early 2000s.
In July 2022, a lawsuit surrounding the deaths ... and tablet and found that she had been watching blackout challenge videos.) Although TikTok has previously denied that the challenge is ...
(Reuters) - TikTok Inc won dismissal of a lawsuit accusing it of causing the death of a 10-year-old girl by promoting a deadly "blackout challenge" that encouraged people to choke themselves on ...
Tawainna Anderson sued TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance after her daughter Nylah in 2021 attempted the blackout challenge using a purse strap hung in her mother's closet.
School officials in New Jersey warned parents Wednesday to talk to their kids about the persistent, dangerous and sometimes deadly TikTok “blackout challenge” after an attempt sent a student ...
In December 2021, 10-year-old Nylah Anderson attempted the blackout challenge and died after being found unconscious in her room. Her mother sued TikTok in May 2022.
(Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) TikTok spokesperson Alex Haurek called the law “unconstitutional” in a statement and vowed to “challenge it in court,” a scenario that could drag ...
TikTok reportedly plans to file a legal challenge against U.S. lawmakers’ push to ban it or force the app to spin out of parent company ByteDance Ltd. Michael Beckerman, the head of U.S. public ...
Kennedy Jr. threatened to challenge a potential TikTok ban Friday, as efforts to block the video app in the U.S. came closer to reality earlier this week. “I’m going to file a lawsuit ...