While the famous Tik Tok application faces accusations of promoting fatal challenges that claim the lives of children, the tragedy of the British child was repeated. Archie Buttersby.
A mother revealed her son’s death in front of his friends while he was performing a “blackout challenge”, which requires holding his breath until he lost consciousness, according to the British newspaper, “Daily Mail”.
Leon Brown of Cumbernauld, Scotland, only 14 years old, was found unresponsive in his bedroom following undertaking the terrifying challenge.
His mother, Lauren Keating, warned fellow parents following her son’s boyfriend revealed he wanted to repeat the choking game following seeing it on Tik Tok.
She also claimed that Leon’s friends were watching him do the Facetime challenge when the tragedy occurred.
“Maybe they thought it was a joke.”
The 30-year-old also added to the Daily Record: ‘One of Leon’s friends told me he was doing a challenge with them on Facetime following seeing them on Facebook. tik tok“.
“Maybe Leon and his friends thought it was a joke. But Leon isn’t anymore,” she added.
She explained, “I heard regarding this challenge because of what happened to Archie, but you don’t expect your child to do that.”
Archie Battersby (archived from the Associated Press)
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She later said she was shocked when she searched Tik Tok and found a bunch of videos promoting similar choke games.
While the popular app claims to have removed “blackout challenge” videos from its platform.
Archie Battersby 12 years old
Archie Battersby, 12, was found unconscious at his home on April 7 and has not regained consciousness since. According to his mother, Holly Dance, he participated in a challenge on “Tik Tok” to hold his breath until he lost consciousness.
On August 6, a London hospital separated Archie’s life support following his parents lost a long and emotional legal battle to keep him alive. His mother said her son died just two hours following the ventilator was turned off.