TIJUANA (Border Report) — A 9-year-old boy died in Tijuana last week after attempting the so-called “blackout challenge” that has made the rounds on the social media app TikTok. This according to ...

School officials in New Jersey warned parents Wednesday to talk to their kids about the persistent, dangerous and sometimes deadly TikTok “blackout challenge” after an attempt sent a student to the ...

The "blackout challenge" was one of the most dangerous trends to hit TikTok back in 2021. While it's not a new concept, the ...

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, ...

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” has been trending in recent years, following the deaths of children who participated. Now bereaved British parents of four children, all aged 12-14, are suing TikTok, alleging ...

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 ...

The "blackout challenge” involves choking oneself, sometimes with a scarf, which deprives the brain of oxygen Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

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 ...

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, enacted in the 1990s, is the legal foundation of the modern internet. Its subsection (c)(1) states, “No provider or user of an interactive computer ...

Following the death of her son, a mom is warning others about the “blackout challenge” (also known as the “choking challenge”), a dangerous viral trend that’s being shared on social media platforms ...