TikTok Should Be Banned

‘I feel like someone encouraged her’: Girl, 12, found dead at her Argentina home after practicing viral TikTok 'blackout challenge' – aunt says she was found hanging by a rope and friends watched her kill herself on livestream

Milagros Soto died at her home in Santa Fe, Argentina, on Friday after doing the viral TikTok 'blackout challenge'
The 12-year-old girl is said to have received a link from a classmate before participating in the dare
Soto placed a rope around her neck while she held her breath and twice tried to remove it and failed
She tried a third time and was unable to get the rope off before she died
The child's death was caused by 'mechanical asphyxia by hanging' and 'there are no signs of abuse or third party intervention'

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Penny · 46-50, F

although this is tragic. tiktok is like a free platform. you cant blame tiktok for the stupidity of people. not saying I like tiktok but why ban it? so stuff liek this wont happen? that to me is not a good reason. maybe making an age limit would be wise though for using it?

PhoenixPhail · M

@Penny And, I think it's likely that if she didn't get the idea from TikTok, and act on it, that she would have acted on something else just like this from a different site, or from someone she knows.

Penny · 46-50, F

@PhoenixPhail its really sad. the poor thing. i cant say ive never been challenged to doing a blackout before and this was before the internet. luckily i didnt die

PhoenixPhail · M

@Penny I'm so glad you [i]didn't[/i] die. And, yes, it's sad this happened to her. 😔