Archie Battersbee’s mother asks coroner to examine role of TikTok in death

Exclusive: Hollie Dance believes 12-year-old was influenced, persuaded or peer-pressured' into taking part in online challenge

The mother of Archie Battersbee, the 12-year-old boy who died in August after his life support was switched off, wants a coroner to consider what role exposure to TikTok videos may have played in his death.

Archie sustained a catastrophic brain injury on 7 April at his home in Southend, Essex, when a ligature was found over his head. His mother, Hollie Dance, believes he was injured as a result of taking part in an internet challenge known as the blackout challenge" and wants the inquest into his death to scrutinise how social media may have contributed.