Their joint lawsuit claims the five children were harmed by algorithms which amplified harmful content to their pages. Good Morning Britain’s Ashna Hurynag reportsThey are suing one of the biggest social media companies in the world TikTok, and its parent company ByteDance, for the alleged wrongful deaths of their children.The parents believe their children died after taking part in a viral trend that circulated on the video-sharing platform in 2022.
TikTok says it prohibits dangerous content and challenges. It has blocked searches for videos and hashtags related to the particular challenge the children’s parents say is linked to their deaths.
The lawsuit, filed in the US on Thursday, claims that Isaac Kenevan, 13, Archie Battersbee, 12, Julian “Jools” Sweeney, 14, and Maia Walsh, 13, died while attempting the so-called “blackout challenge”.
