TikTok blocked in Italy after 10-year-old girl dies in blackout challenge
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The girl tragically died from asphyxiation. What you need to know TikTok has been blocked for young users in Italy following the tragic death of a young girl taking part in a `blackout challenge`. The 10-year-old died in a Palermo hospital, after being found to have strangled herself. Access to TikTok in Italy has been blocked for users who cannot definitely prove their age following the tragic death of a young girl taking part in a `blackout challenge`. The girl`s death, first reported by ANSA took place on Thursday. From the report: A 10-year-old Italian girl was declared brain dead by a Palermo hospital Thursday after taking the Blackout Challenge on TikTok. Her parents have OK`d donating the organs of the girl, who tied a belt around her throat to self-asphyxiate in the challenge on the popular social-media platform. According to The Guardian, Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation, and Italy has temporarily blocked access to TikTok for users `whose ag...