Archie Battersbee

[Alex]

This has been so sad to follow, his mother must be distraught.  The machine was turned off this morning and Archie died two hours later.
I thought to myself, it must be bad enough to lose a baby, but to lose a child you've cared for and loved for 12 years is beyond words.

[Ashy]

I heard that he strangled himself. A very sad case indeed.

[Alex]

I've no idea what happened to him, they didn't give any information at the time.

[Raven]

The Blackout Challenge.

https://www.goodto.com/family/family-news/what-happened-to-archie-battersbee-coma-explained

[Michael Rolls]

so dreadfully sad

[Scrumpy]

The pain of his lovely mum must be beyond comprehension..

[Jacqueline]

The poor parents.  Ticktock should be banned not taking down stuff like that, it's a dangerous site. Couldn't they be prosecuted for some sort of crime? don't they have a duty of care to their users?

[Diasi]

There's no evidence that it was a challenge that went wrong, but I suppose it's easier for his parents to believe he was doing a challenge that went wrong rather than not seeing he was depressed & decided to end it all, which is the other possibility.

[Scrumpy]

Interesting..

[Jacqueline]

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/05/tiktok-girls-dead-blackout-challenge

According to this article it's not just poor young Archie, two young children also died in America doing this challenge, there have been other dangerous challenges too.  I stick by what I said Ticktock should be banned, it's evil.