Kids and teens can make some pretty hairbrained choices sometimes. But when a kid's choice is to engage in a TikTok challenge ...

As described in a lawsuit against TikTok and parent company ByteDance, the “Blackout Challenge … encourages children to choke ...

In a recent landmark decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that TikTok could be held liable in a wrongful death ...

A US appeals court has issued an opinion that could have wide-ranging implications for social media platforms, finding that ...

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is probably anything but decent. The clause insulates social media (SM) from liability when hosting third-party content – even if dangerous or offensive - ...

A recent article by Barry Sookman, “The Significance of Anderson v. TikTok: A Test for Section 230 CDA,” explores the Third Circuit’s recent decision in Anderson v. TikTok, which redefines the ...

A 10-year-old child's tragic death, after her parents alleged in a lawsuit that she participated in a "blackout challenge" served to her on her TikTok "For You Page," could change the internet as ...

Tawainna Anderson sued TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance after her daughter Nylah in 2021 attempted the blackout challenge using a purse strap hung in her mother's closet.

“Online platforms like TikTok may have both Section 230(c)(1) immunity against claims based on harmful user-generated content -- here, the Blackout Challenge videos posted by TikTok users -- and ...

On Friday, parents of Framingham Earl High School pupils received a notice addressing the "blackout ... platform TikTok. This saw two pupils "consensually engaging" in the challenge during break ...