Families sue TikTok after girls died while trying ‘blackout challenge’

Parents blame platform's algorithms for choking deaths of eight- and nine-year-old

The families of two young girls who allegedly died as a result of a viral TikTok challenge have sued the social media platform, claiming its dangerous" algorithms are to blame for their children's deaths.

Parents of two girls who died in a 2021 blackout challenge" on TikTok, which encouraged users to choke themselves until they passed out, filed a suit on Tuesday in the Los Angeles county superior court.