A life-threatening challenge made popular on TikTok has allegedly led to the deaths of multiple children. TikTok has been sued by the families of two young children who allegedly died while ...

TikTok must now face a lawsuit brought by the mourning mother of a 10-year-old girl from Pennsylvania who died while she attempted a viral challenge that dares participants to choke themselves until ...

The rise of viral, dangerous challenges, combined with social media algorithms that amplify such content, is bringing increased scrutiny to how platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and others operate. As ...

A US appeals court revived a lawsuit against TikTok by the mother of a 10-year-old girl who died after taking part in a viral “blackout challenge” in which users of the social media platform were ...

In 2021, a 10-year-old girl named Nylah Anderson accidentally choked to death on a dog leash she had wrapped around her neck. Anderson had been compelled to engage in this dangerous behavior by the ...

The mother of a 10-year-old girl alleged to have died after taking part in a viral social media challenge last December has launched a wrongful death lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company, ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC), a legal resource for parents of children and teenage victims harmed by social media addiction and social media fueled harms, has ...

A 12-year-old boy has died after taking part in the viral "blackout challenge" seen on TikTok, according to a GoFundMe page started by his family. "We would like to update everyone that this evening, ...

Share on Pinterest TikTok’s viral “blackout challenge” (also known as the “choking challenge” can lead to permanent brain damage or death in under five minutes. Sneksy/Getty Images The viral “blackout ...

The "Blackout Challenge" trending on TikTok has reportedly left a 12-year-old Colorado boy brain dead, and he may not live much longer. Joshua Haileyesus’ brother found him passed out on their ...