US student hospitalised after trying dangerous TikTok ‘blackout challenge’

Following an attempt that led a student to the hospital, a school in New Jersey counselled parents to talk with their children about the deadly TikTok ‘blackout challenge’ that has caused multiple deaths since 2021. — Reuters

School officials in New Jersey warned parents on April 17 to talk to their kids about the persistent, dangerous and sometimes deadly TikTok “blackout challenge” after an attempt sent a student to the hospital.

“These incidents are very scary and very avoidable,” South Orange Middle School Principal Lynn Irby Hill said in a letter to parents about the challenge’s popularity, reported ABC 7. “We will continue to warn our students about the dangers of the ‘blackout challenge’ and most, if not all, challenges promoted on social media.”