Looks can kill: More than 250 deaths caused by selfies, says study


  • TECH
  • Friday, 12 Oct 2018

How far would you go to take the perfect selfie? More than 250 people have died in attempts to take “extreme” selfies since 2011, a new study has found. 

While the selfie craze borne from the social media era may seem to be a largely harmless pastime, a study has found that this phenomenon is having deadly consequences.  

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