Tictok sued by the parents of a British teenager after the alleged challenges of death

Tiktok is suing the parents of four British teenagers who believe their children died after participating in viral trends circulating on a platform for sharing video 2022.

The lawsuit claims that Isaac Kenevan, Archie Battersbee, Julian “Jools” Sweeney and Maia Walsh died as they tried the so -called “Blackout Challenge”.

The American Law Center for Social Media Sacrifice Sacrifice has filed an unjust lawsuit against death against Tictok and his home company ByTedtanca on behalf of the parents of children.

Video search or hashtags are blocked that relate to a challenge on Tiktor.

According to the company, this block has been established since 2020.

Tiktok says he forbids dangerous content or challenges on platforms and directs those who seek hashtags or videos at his safety center.

The appeal was filed to Superior to the court of the state of Delaware on behalf of Archie’s mother Hollie Dance, Isaac’s mom Lisa Kenevan, Jools’ mother Ellen Room and Mai’s dad Liama ​​Walsh.

He claims that death “are predictable by Bytottance’s designed decisions on designing and programming decisions, which” focused on pushing children to maximize their engagement with a Tictok in any way.

And he accuses Bytetant of “making harmful addictions in every child” through his design and “flooded them seemingly endless damage.”

“These were not the damage the kids were looking for or wanted to see when their use of Tictoka began,” he claims.

Ellen Room, who believes that her 14-year-old son Jools died after participating in an internet challenge, sought to get information from Tiktoc who could provide clarity about his death.

Was a campaign for “Jools’ Law”, What would parents allow for access to social networks if he dies. The parliament was discussed on January 13, 2025.

“Parents must be aware of the danger of social media,” she told the BBC.

“I thought Tiktok were silly dances and stupid challenges like standing on your hands and putting a T -shirt upside down – Jools and I made some of these challenges – because we just thought they were fun.

“It’s not that – there is some harmful material there and I think parents must be aware and really, if I can, to give their children to show them their phone.”

She said she believed it was “morally wrong” that Tictok would not give her access to her son’s social media account.

“[TikTok] She could hand over the information and said, “There are bereaved parents here, I hope you get some answers,” she said.

“We need a court in the US -to try to do it, and I think it’s morally wrong.”

Leanda Barrington-Leach, the Campaign Group 5rights director, claimed that these were “terrible consequences of technological companies that received profit above the lives of children”.

The family lawsuit is coming because the questionnaires hang in the future of Tictok in the US.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order in January to expand the deadline for banning the application in the country unless it is sold to another company.

The coroner in January 2024 concluded that the son of Hollie Dance Archie died at the age of 12 After the “difficulty or experiment” made a mistake in their home in Southend-on-Sea in April 2022 – And he said that there was no evidence that at the time he was doing an internet challenge, as his mother believed.

Mrs. Dance, along with Lisa Kenevan, mother of 13-year-old Isaac, tried to raise consciousness About potentially dangerous trends of social media due to the death of their children.

Lisa Kenevan, speaking of Issac on BBC breakfast in May, described him as a “happy, normal boy” who “wanted to look after Mom and Dad”.

She said that as “very curious, highly intelligent” a child who wanted to understand how things work – which leads him to an attempt to Blackout Challenge.

It’s one of several viral trends on social networks that had resulted in the warnings of schools and experts about their dangers.

Tictok said in 2021 that he would strengthen its detection and implementation of rules over dangerous internet challengesAnd he allegedly blocked some search for Blackout Challenge.

But he faced numerous lawsuits and accusations of parents of deceased children, claiming that he had recommended their harmful content.

The Center for the Law Center for Social Media Social Media was assisted by Tawainni Anderson to sue the 2022 platform after her 10-year-old daughter Nyla died after she allegedly participated in Blackout Challenge.

The US Appeals Court canceled the dismissal of a lower court in her case in August 2024.