TikTok is being sued by the parents of four British teenagers who believe their children died after taking part in viral trends that circulated on the video-sharing platform in 2022.



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British families sue TikTok in U.S. over Blackout Challenge children deaths

The US-based Social Media Victims Law Center filed the wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday.

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TikTok sued by parents of UK teens after alleged challenge deaths

The lawsuit accuses the platform of pushing dangerous prank and challenge content to younger users to boost engagement.

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Bereaved families file US lawsuit against TikTok over access to children’s data

In an emotional group interview, the four British families suing TikTok for the alleged wrongful deaths of their kids have accused the tech giant of having 'no compassion'

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'I'm haunted by time my child asked to get TikTok - six months later she died'

Four British families Thursday filed a wrongful death suit against TikTok and its owner ByteDance over the self-strangulation deaths of four children who were participating in a TikTok Blackout Challenge.

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This past Thursday, the Social Media Victims Law Center filed a wrongful death lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance, on behalf of British parents Lisa Kenevan, Ellen Roome, and Liam Walsh. All three parents allege that their children passed away as a direct result of the TikTok-circulated “blackout challenge.” Per the BBC, the lawsuit has resulted from a complaint filed in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, alleging …

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TikTok sued by grieving parents who claim their children died when attempting dangerous 'blackout challenge'

The lawsuit claims the four children all died while attempting the so-called "blackout challenge".

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TikTok sued by parents of UK teens who allegedly died in viral trend

The details of the complaint to ByteDance, matrix of the social network videos.

Los detalles de la denuncia a ByteDance, matriz de la red social de videos.

Cuatro familias demandaron a TikTok por la muerte de sus hijos: aseguran que fallecieron a causa de un reto viral

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Four families sued TikTok for the death of his children: they claim they died because of a viral challenge

The parents of two south Essex teenagers who are believed to have died because of viewing “dangerous” internet challenge videos have launched

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Parents of two south Essex children sue TikTok over 'online challenge' deaths

TikTok is facing a new lawsuit from the parents of British children who died in 2022. The lawsuit claims their deaths were the result of completing a viral challenge called the “blackout challenge,” which involves cutting off one’s own oxygen supply to the brain until one loses consciousness. The lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for causing death was filed on Thursday by the American organization Social Media Victims Law C…

TikTok čelí nové žalobě ze strany rodičů britských dětí, které zemřely v roce 2022. Podle žaloby byla jejich smrt výsledkem plnění virální výzvy zvané „blackout challenge“, která spočívá v přerušení vlastního přísunu kyslíku do mozku, dokud člověk neztratí vědomí. Žalobu proti TikToku a jeho mateřské společnosti ByteDance za zavinění úmrtí podala ve čtvrtek jménem rodičů americká organizace Social Media Victims Law Center.

Britští rodiče žalují TikTok. Domnívají se, že jejich děti zemřely při plnění virální výzvy

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British parents sue TikTok, alleging their children died while completing a viral challenge

The parents of two Essex teenagers who are believed to have died because of viewing “dangerous” internet challenge videos have launched

TikTok sued by parents of UK teens after alleged challenge deaths

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