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TikTok has once again drawn attention following a 12-year-old boy's death due to the video-sharing app's "blackout challenge."
Experts warn about the new viral TikTok #FrozenHoney challenge, contending that the trend might cause health concerns.
Parents beware! TikTok’s 'Blackout Challenge' is the app’s deadly new trend Updated El Broide Share this: Source: Pixabay TikTok has become one of the biggest social media sites in the world. The app allows users to share short form videos and has become a space to share new recipes, dance challenges, interesting stories, and so much more. However, there are some trends which have proven to be dangerous. The #BlackoutChallenge is one of these – and kids around the world are taking part. TIME reveals that the challenge isn’t entirely new and originated in 2018 as the 'Pass Out Challe...
Are you searching for something? Where exactly do you look? TikTok. Instagram. Your email. Your news feed. There's something you want to find, but you can't name it. Something you want to feel, but it's not easy to identify. Maybe you want relief from the day or an escape from reality. Maybe connection. During the pandemic, many of us needed that. Most of us don't reach for our phones with intention. We reach thoughtlessly, reflexively, craving a satisfaction we believe the phone will provide. The phone is an easy retreat, and it has in many ways helped us access information and gratificat...
In 2014 the Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions of dollars for ALS research. The InMyFeelings dance challenge kept us entertained in the summer of 2018. But the Benadryl challenge, which emerged in 2020, encouraged people to take an excessive amount of the medication in an attempt to hallucinate. The coronavirus challenge encouraged people to lick surfaces in public. The Blackout challenge, which killed Haileyesus, also killed a 10-year-old girl in Italy earlier this year. Social media challenges are especially attractive to adolescents, who look to their peers for cues about what's cool, ...