Parents Sue TikTok After Daughters Die Doing 'Blackout Challenge': 'We Want People to Be Aware'
Photo: Obituary; gofundme Two girls died last year while trying the viral “Blackout Challenge” onTikTok; now their parents are suing the social media platform. On Feb. 26, 2021, Arriani Jaileen Arroyo died of suffocation after trying the controversial challenge, where social media users strangle themselves until they’re unconscious, her family says. She was 9 years old. Her father, Heriberto Arroyo Roman, and mother, Christal Arroyo Roman, have since sued TikTok, alleging that “at all times relevant, TikTok’s algorithm was designed to promote ‘TikTok Challenges’ to young users to increase their engagement and maximize TikTok’s profits,” according toGood Morning America....