TikTok is being sued by the families of four British children who died during a “blackout challenge” craze that went viral on social media in 2022. The families of Archie Battersbee, Isaac Kenevan, ...
Now, the world’s second most popular social media app will be forced to explain itself as it battles accusations that it knowingly steered potentially dangerous videos to young people while ignoring ...
A 12-year-old UK boy named Sebastian has died after allegedly participating in the dangerous TikTok “blackout challenge,” which hypes a form of self-strangulation by challenging users to see how long ...
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 ...
An appeals court has revived a lawsuit against TikTok by reversing a lower court’s ruling that Section 230 immunity shielded the short video app from liability after a child died taking part in a ...
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 ...
A Pennsylvania appeals court said Section 230 can’t shield TikTok from the lawsuit. A Pennsylvania appeals court said Section 230 can’t shield TikTok from the lawsuit. is a senior policy reporter at ...
A U.S. appeals court revived on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died attempting a viral challenge she allegedly saw on TikTok that dared people to choke ...
The popular video-sharing app TikTok experienced a brief blackout the night of Jan. 18, which left many U.S. users in the dark and fueled questions about the social media platform’s stability going ...
A group of U.K. creators are planning to go dark on Sunday in order to pressure TikTok to drop alleged abusers from its creator management program — or even block them from the site. A group of ...
TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old Pa. girl's ‘blackout challenge' death, appeals court rules
A U.S. appeals court revived on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died attempting a viral challenge she allegedly saw on TikTok that dared people to choke ...
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