By Tyler Durden
The family of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly participated in a viral ‘TikTok’ challenge in which people choke themselves until they black out has sued the Chinese-owned social media platform, Bloomberg reports.
Nylah Anderson, was found unconscious in her Philadelphia bedroom on Dec. 7 and was rushed to a pediatric intensive care unit, where she died five days later, reads a Thursday complaint filed in federal court – which we’re guessing will be used to justify more regulations at some point.
According to the complaint, the dangerous stunt “was thrust in front” of Anderson when TikTok presented the viral challenge on her “for you” page.
The “algorithm determined that the deadly blackout challenge was well-tailored and likely to be of interest to 10-year-old Nylah Anderson and she died as a result,” continues the complaint, which also names parent company ByteDance as a defendant…
