Tawainna Anderson said in December 2021 that her daughter Nylah was rushed to the hospital after attempting the challenge, which encourages users to choke themselves.
Highlights
- Tawainna Anderson said in December 2021, her daughter Nylah was rushed to the hospital after attempting the challenge.
- She was in the intensive care unit for several days before she died.
- Anderson is suing TikTok for multiple counts including wrongful death, strict products liability and negligence.
- In April 2021, the family of 12-year-old Joshua Haileyesus, from Colorado, said he may have died trying to choke himself with a shoelace.
- The lawsuit names several other dangerous challenges that circulated on TikTok, such as the “milk crate” challenge, which had users trying to climb flimsy pyramids of milk crates which sometimes collapsed beneath them.