TikTok sued by parents of UK teens after alleged challenge deaths

The US-based Social Media Victims Law Center filed the wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday.

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The lawsuit claims Isaac Kenevan, Archie Battersbee, Julian "Jools" Sweeney and Maia Walsh died while attempting the so-called "blackout challenge".

The US-based Social Media Victims Law Center filed the wrongful death lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance on behalf of the children's parents on Thursday.

Searches for videos or hashtags related to the challenge on TikTok are blocked.

According to the firm, this block has been in place since 2020.

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