The parents of two young girls who died after allegedly taking part in the “blackout challenge” on TikTok have launched a lawsuit against the social media app.
It's the second time families have sued TikTok over the deaths of children who were said to have taken part in the "blackout challenge.
The children's parents are represented by the Social Media Victims Law Center, a law firm that"works to hold social media companies legally accountable for the harm they inflict on vulnerable users," according to theirThe complaint said that the platform's algorithm failed to properly warn users and their parents and that it intentionally pushed an"unacceptably dangerous video" on the girls'"For You" pages, which show users videos they may like based on...
“TikTok has specifically curated and determined that these Blackout Challenge videos — videos featuring users who purposefully strangulate themselves until losing consciousness — are appropriate and fitting for small children,” the lawsuit said. A TikTok spokesperson declined to comment on the lawsuit, referring NBC News to its previous statement in December after the mother of a 10-year-old girl alleged to have died after she took part in the viral challenge launched a wrongful death lawsuit against the social media app and its parent company, ByteDance.
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