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The Supreme Court may have a shot to strike down Section 230 after a child's death was blamed on a 'blackout challenge' seen on TikTok
A family sued TikTok alleging a 10-year-old died due to a "blackout challenge" seen on her FYP. If …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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TikTok is being sued after two young girls died while copying the 'blackout challenge', report says
TikTok is being sued for wrongful death after two girls aged 8 and 9 died trying to recreate a vira…
Alia Shoaib
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A mother is suing TikTok because she says her daughter died from a choking challenge that was allegedly recommended by its algorithm
The challenge has resulted in at least four other deaths, according to a court document.
Weilun Soon
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TikTok's 'blackout challenge' faces backlash after allegedly killing 7 kids
Tawainna Anderson, the mother of the 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl Nylah Anderson, is also suing Ti…
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British authorities find no evidence that 12-year-old Archie Battersbee died from TikTok 'blackout challenge'
There's a long history of media reports and parents calling the "blackout challenge" a TikTok-speci…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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5 expats who relocated to Iceland break down the biggest challenges they faced after moving
In the summer, when Iceland has near-constant daylight, "it's hard to remember to eat dinner and it…
Grace Dean
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A 10-year-old girl died after reportedly trying the 'blackout challenge' she learned from social media, mother says
Games involving choking date back to as early as 1995, according to one report from the CDC. The ch…
Lindsay Dodgson,Kieran Press-…
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Police said a child died from a 'blackout challenge' found on TikTok, but the dangerous 'game' has circulated for years
Bethany, Oklahoma, police said that following a preliminary investigation, a juvenile died after ap…
Palmer Haasch
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Suspected Chinese hackers reportedly targeted Indian grid near the Ladakh border
The Indian power grid has reportedly come under attack from Chinese hackers, who targeted the sensi…
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Jungle Juice, Power Hour, Edward Forty Hands: BORGs are simply the Gen Z version of an age-old college tradition — getting blackout drunk as quickly as possible.
Binge drinking among college-aged students has been a concern for decades, but Gen Z is breaking th…
Hannah Getahun
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Flamethrower 'challenge' blamed for teen's horrific burns does not actually appear to be widespread on TikTok
Mason Dark's severe burns were blamed on a viral TikTok trend. Insider was unable to find evidence …
Joshua Zitser
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No, TikTok challenges aren't to blame for your kids doing dumb stuff — and most terrifying ones are probably fake anyway
For years, reports of harmful social media challenges on TikTok have spread, scaring parents. The p…
Palmer Haasch
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A 13-year-old died from overdosing on Benadryl after attempting a TikTok challenge
Jacob Stevens began to have seizures after taking at least 12 Benadryl pills. He died after spendin…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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I'm a wedding planner in Ukraine. I've adapted ceremonies to curfews and blackouts, and one bride asked for money toward a vehicle for her father's army unit instead of gifts.
Planning weddings in wartime Ukraine isn't easy, said a wedding planner, as couples have stretched …
Stephanie Stacey
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Meet the startup behind those massive Texas energy bills
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Benji Jones
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Transportation and logistics companies are betting their business models on 5G amid cost, infrastructure, and adoption challenges
5G delivers new capabilities to transportation and logistics industries, with many companies bettin…
Nicholas Fearn
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TikTok enters its moral panic era: Why does everyone keep falling for hoax challenges and fake trends?
There's a long list of dubious TikTok trends that media and authorities have blown out of proportio…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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The new ‘normal’ in Kashmir has cost nearly half a million jobs — bundhs and internet blackout are breaking businesses
The Narendra Modi government in New Delhi has repeatedly insisted that the situation in Kashmir has…
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Stop blaming TikTok for all the stupid things teens do
From "slap a teacher" to the "magnet challenge," many trends that either never existed or weren't s…
Palmer Haasch,Kieran Press-Re…
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Schools are cautioning against a 'slap a teacher' TikTok challenge, but it appears to be a rumor spread on Facebook
TikTok said in a statement that the alleged "slap a teacher" challenge would violate its policies, …