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TikTok sued after a young girl died in the "Blackout Challenge"

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TikTok is sued for illegal death after two girls commit themselves in an attempt to recreate the "Blackout Challenge" video. Facing Getty Images / iStockphoto

TikTok commits two young girls trying to recreate the "Challenge of Blackout" After that, I am facing an illegal death lawsuit. The video they watched on the platform.

Lalani Erika Walton (8 years old) and Arriani Jaileen Arroyo (9 years old) died after hours of watching a video featuring the challenges posed by TikTok's algorithms. report.

The lawsuit was jointly filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday. The

Blackout Challenge, the latest in a series ofdangerous virus epidemics that circulate on the platform, asks users to see how long can be. By requesting to promote a kind of self-squeezing, hold your breath. The game can have fatal consequences.

Lalani was found in her bedroom "hanging a rope around her neck from the bed" and Ariani was found hanging from a chain of dogs in the basement.

"TikTok deliberately promotes, activates, and pushes content that the defendant has found to be problematic and very detrimental to the mental health of minor users. We have invested billions of dollars in designing and developing, "says the lawsuit.

TikTok did not respond to a request for comment from The Post, but in the past, the injuries caused by the "choking game" by young people were long before the Blackout Challenge. I was denying responsibility.

The blackout challenge is far from the first dangerous game that has been talked about on social media in recent years. TikTok and other platforms encourage users to eat tidepods and swallow cinnamon. Other dangerous stunts include "OrbeezChallenge", "Benadryl Challenge", and "Skull Breaker Challenge".