TikTok challenge has caused the death of seven children. Application in court

TikTok is facing multiple lawsuits from parents who claim their children died from suffocation.

trying to complete the “blackout challenge” they learned about from the app. Discuss

In one of the lawsuits filed against the company inJune, it is claimed that at least seven children died last year trying to complete the challenge, which "encourages users to choke themselves with belts or the like until they pass out." All of the children who died, according to the lawsuit, were under 15 years old.

The mother of a 10-year-old from Pennsylvania alsoподала в суд на компанию, утверждая, что приложение "подталкивает к чрезвычайно и неприемлемо опасным челленджам". В ответ на этот иск TikTok сообщил The Washington Post, что он заблокировал пользователям возможность поиска видео по запросу “blackout challenge” – вместо этого пользователи видят один из экранов предупреждения, где говорится, что "некоторые онлайн-задания могут быть опасными".

However, the latest lawsuit states that the children did not directly seek the challenge. Instead, “TikTok put these videos right in front of them on the main screen of the app.”