News · moment 16 of 19
The TikTok Blackout Challenge Deaths
from Baby's Gotta Go | The Tim Dillon Show #339 · #339
5 min
News
Tim discusses the tragic TikTok Blackout Challenge that killed girls via self-strangulation, questioning whether such dangerous trends are organic or pushed by state actors, then watches an actual attempt clip.
- TikTok's algorithm recommends videos promoting suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders to teens, according to a New Jersey Democratic rep.
- Tim describes girls on TikTok who faked having Tourette's syndrome, then got called out by a neurologist who told their mother she was just being a liar.
- Lonely kids with problems go on TikTok and apparently see really destructive content including self-harm challenges.
- The Blackout Challenge on TikTok encourages users to choke themselves with belts, ropes, and purse strings—two girls died from self-strangulation attempting it.
- Tim wonders whether these challenges are coming from kids trying to go viral or if they're being created by bad actors, possibly even state actors like China.
- Tim watches a video of a kid attempting the Blackout Challenge and notes he's not actually blacking out because he's still breathing.
- Tim criticizes the kid in the video for cheating at the Blackout Challenge by not actually passing out.
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