A user on TikTok died after trying the lethal Choking challenge. Users are expressing their distress and they have requested the authorities to bring down this dangerous challenge from TikTok. If you are eyeing taking part in the Choking Challenge, you must read this article first.
Apart from being the most entertaining app for several users, TikTok has proved to be the booming ground for several lethal challenges. Several young users have lost their lives after trying to attempt such challenges.
While TikTok is trying to control such content, the dodgy challenges still make their way toward the video-sharing app.
Ever since the video-sharing app joined the race of social media platforms, we have come across a number of lethal challenges. Some of these include the coin challenge, blackout challenge, sleeping chicken trend, Orbeez trend, milk crate trend, skull breaker trend, and several others. A number of users have gotten injured while trying these trends and several others have lost their lives.
Just recently, a young TikTok user passed away and the news has distressed several parents. Below we have broken down everything about what trend has turned out to be the death call for young TikTok creators.
A Young TikTok User Died Following The Lethal Choking Challenge
Leon Brown is the 14-year-old young boy who has died of choking. The young social media user was allegedly attempting the current viral TikTok trend, Choking Challenge. His mother has revealed that the young boy was trying to attempt the Choking Challenge in front of his friends.
Leon was found unresponsive in his bedroom after trying this lethal TikTok trend. The reason behind his death was confirmed by the distressed mother of Leon Brown and she has warned all others parents to be vigilant.
The mother of the deceased further claimed that he was attempting the challenge via Facetime with his school friends. Leon’s other told the Daily Record, One of Leon’s friends told me he had been doing the challenge on Facetime with them after seeing it on TikTok’.
She further added, ‘I’m sure he and his friends thought it was a laugh and a joke. However, Leon did not return. Everything went horribly wrong. ‘ Because of what happened to Archie, I was aware of this challenge. ‘However, you do not expect your own child to do it.’ Please warn them that these online games are not worth their lives. They’re not worth the ‘likes’ or whatever they’re doing.’
How To Report Choking Challenge On TikTok?
Leon is not the only youngster who has lost his life to this dangerous challenge. Before this tragic news, we heard the unfortunate news of Archie Battersbee’s passing. Archie’s life support was removed after a long legal battle as the young creator also attempted the viral blackout trend.
After coming across such tragic news, users are demanding TikTok to bring down such challenges from the video-sharing app. The TikTok app has revealed that they have removed the Blackout Challenge’ from the platform and they are taking all possible measures to prevent content creators from sharing such dangerous content.
Addressing the recent incident, a spokesperson from TikTok said, Our deepest sympathies go out to Leon Brown’s family during this incredibly difficult time’. He further added, Our community’s safety is our top priority, and we take any claim of a dangerous challenge very seriously.’ This type of content is not permitted on our platform and will be removed if discovered.’
If you too want to play your role as a responsible social media user, you are requested to report all dangerous videos that you come across.
The steps to report a video are pretty simple. All you have to do is, open the video that you want to report, tap on the three dots and tap on the report option. Here, you will find several reasons for you to report the account. If you want to report the choking challenge, simply tap on the ‘Suicide or self-injury’ option.
You may also want to read about Orbeez Challenge On TikTok
The Bottom Line
This was how a young user died while trying the lethal TikTok trend, the Choking challenge. Hopefully, you will keep checking the content that your children are consuming.