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☆ The Supreme Court may have a shot to strike down Section 230 after a child's death was blamed on a 'blackout challenge' seen on TikTok
  + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
In a decision on August 27, the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals found that, in 2021, TikTok — via its "For You Page" algorithm — recommended a video promoting a "blackout challenge" to 10-year-old Nylah Anderson. The company had argued in court that it was immune from prosecution due to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. AdvertisementBut the Third Circuit ruling could change that. French and other supporters of the Third Circuit ruling argue that TikTok's liability protections should end where its algorithmic suggestions begin. If they do, their ruling could have even broader consequences than the Third Circuit ruling.
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☆ Judge Dismisses Mother’s Lawsuit Against TikTok Over Fatal ‘Blackout Challenge’
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Alyssa Lukpat | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit of a woman who sued TikTok over the death of her 10-year-old daughter, Nylah Anderson. A federal judge dismissed a Pennsylvania mother’s lawsuit against TikTok for circulating the “blackout challenge,” citing a federal law that shielded the social-media company from responsibility regarding her 10-year-old daughter’s death. The mother, Tawainna Anderson , sued TikTok in May, blaming the app for repeatedly pushing dangerous challenge videos to her daughter, Nylah Anderson .
☆ Judge dismisses suit alleging TikTok ‘blackout challenge’ caused girl’s death
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Angela Yang | Angela Yang Is An Intern For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit that claimed TikTok was responsible for the death of a 10-year-old who took part in the so-called Blackout Challenge. The challenge, which encourages participants to choke themselves until they pass out, had appeared on the child’s TikTok For You Page, according to court documents. The lawsuit was among several that have been filed related to the Blackout Challenge in the last year. In July, the families of two young girls also sued TikTok after their children, aged 8 and 9, died of self-strangulation while participating in the Blackout Challenge. A TikTok spokesperson told NBC News that the challenge had never trended on the platform and predates the app’s existence.
☆ TikTok immune from lawsuit over girl's death from 'blackout challenge' -judge
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Brendan Pierson | Thomson Reuters | Brendan Pierson Reports On Product Liability Litigation | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Oct 26 (Reuters) - TikTok Inc won dismissal of 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. U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond in Philadelphia ruled Tuesday that the company was immune from the lawsuit under a part of the federal Communications Decency Act that shields publishers of others' work. Jeffrey Goodman, a lawyer for the girl's mother, Tawainna Anderson, said in a statement that the family would "continue to fight to make social media safe so that no other child is killed by the reckless behavior of the social media industry." Anderson sued TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance Inc in May, saying the company's algorithm showed her daughter, Nylah Anderson, a video suggesting the blackout challenge. In December 2021, Nylah attempted the blackout challenge using a purse strap hung in her mother's closet, losing consciousness and suffering severe injuries, according to the lawsuit.
☆ TikTok is being sued after two young girls died while copying the 'blackout challenge', report says
  + stars: | 2022-07-03 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
TikTok is being sued for wrongful death after two girls died trying to recreate a choking challenge. The lawsuit alleges the girls aged 8 and 9 were fed videos of the challenge by the app's algorithm. The suit alleges that the app's algorithm recommended videos of the strangulation challenge to the young girls. The police took Walton's phone and tablet, and later told her stepmother that she had been watching blackout challenge videos "on repeat," the suit says, according to the newspaper. "TikTok unquestionably knew that the deadly Blackout Challenge was spreading through their app and that their algorithm was specifically feeding the Blackout Challenge to children," the Social Media Victims Law Center's complaint claims, per the Los Angeles Times.
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