More Parents Sue TikTok Following Their Daughters’ Deaths From Lethal ‘Blackout Challenge’

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More parents are coming after TikTok after their daughters fell victim to a deadly Internet challenge. If you haven’t heard of the “blackout challenge,” the goal is to strangle yourself until you become unconscious.

Kids talking each other into doing this has been around for decades, but social media has made peer pressure so much worse with these internet challenges.

And doing it for the camera means these kids are often all alone. So the already dangerous childhood game has become even deadlier. Arriani Jaileen Arroyo and Lalani Walton are just two of several who tragically passed away doing the “blackout challenge.” And now their parents are coming for the app where they heard about it.

Arriani passed on February 26, 2021 after attempting the challenge. Her mother, Christal Arroyo Roman sat down with Good Morning America Thursday for an interview where she explained how hard it’s been living without her daughter, expressing:  We couldn’t imagine that sort of pain. Related: TikToker Known As ‘Pissed Off Trucker’ Found Dead Following Semi Crash In Kansas A GoFundMe was started last year to help with funeral expenses; the 9-year-old’s family wrote about their little girl with high regard, explaining on the page:  Christal and Heriberto Arroyo Roman, Arriani’s father, concluded the GoFundMe post with a warning to other parents:  Sadly, the tragedy didn’t end there as 8-year-old Lalani also died from strangulation following an attempt of the lethal challenge last July, five months after Arriani passed.