The sensation of sharing the Tiktok video was sued in California after the children died while taking part in the “blackout challenge” that made the sport strangle themselves until they fainted.
The lawsuit filed at the District Court in Los Angeles last week accused the Tiktok software of “deliberate and repeatedly” encouraging the challenges of blackouts that caused the death of a eight -year -old girl in Texas and a nine -year -old girl at the last Wisconsin of the year.
“Tiktok must be held accountable for encouraging deadly content to these two young girls,” said Matthew Bergman, a lawyer at the legal center of victims of social media, who filed the lawsuit.
“Tiktok has invested billions of dollars to deliberately design products that encourage dangerous content that is known to be dangerous and can result in the death of its users.”
Tiktok, which is owned by Hytedance based in China, does not immediately respond to requests for comments.
The lawsuit accused that the Tiktok algorithm of promoting a blackout challenge for each girl, who died of a barrier-one-one using a rope and the other dog strap.
This is also registered with children in Italy, Australia and in other places whose deaths have been linked to the challenges of Blackout Tiktok.
Tiktok has displayed and promoted a series of challenges in which users filmed themselves take part in the most dangerous acts of themed actions.
Among the Litani Tiktok challenges described in the court document is the “Challenge of the Skull breaker” in which people kick their feet from under them while jumping so they turn and crash into their heads.
“Coronavirus Challenge” involves licking random goods and surfaces in public during Pandemi, and “Fire Challenges” involve things with flammable liquids and burns it, the court document said.
The lawsuit asked the judge to order Tiktok to stop associating children through the algorithm and promoting dangerous challenges, and to pay for unspecified cash compensation.