TikTok temporarily banned in Italy following death of young girl
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The girl died of asphyxiation trying to take part in a `blackout challenge.` What you need to know TikTok has been temporarily banned for young users in Italy. It follows the tragic death of a young girl trying to take part in a `blackout challenge`. TikTok has been temporarily banned in Italy following the death of a young girl. A 10-year-old girl was found unconscious and declared dead in a Palermo hospital, after asphyxiating herself trying to take part in a `blackout challenge`. From ANSA 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. Following the incident, The Guardian reports that TikTok is assisting prosecutors with an investigation into the death and that the app has temporarily been blocked in the country: TikTo...