TikTok Wins Immunity in Child Death Due to ‘Blackout Challenge’
U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond in Philadelphia has ruled that TikTok is immune from a lawsuit accusing it of causing the death of a 10-year-old girl by promoting a deadly "blackout challenge" that encouraged people to choke themselves on its video-based social media platform.
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U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond in Philadelphia has ruled that TikTok is immune from a lawsuit accusing it of causing the death of a 10-year-old girl by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that encouraged people to choke themselves on its video-based social media platform, reports Brendan Pierson for Reuters. In his decision, Diamond cited part of the federal Communications Decency Act that shields publishers of others’ work.
TikTok and other social media companies, including Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms Inc. and YouTube parent Alphabet Inc., are facing a growing number of lawsuits around the country seeking to hold them liable for causing young people to become addicted to their products, and in some cases causing harm including eating disorders, self-injury and suicide.
