Teens hurt themselves with new Tiktok challenge

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It is about the currently popular courage test known as the “French scar”, as the Italian authorities announced on Tuesday. In this trend, young Tiktok users squeeze their faces until bruises and scars appear.

Authorities noticed an increase in videos of young people hurting themselves – it was mainly the “French scar”, it said. Tiktok therefore lacks “appropriate systems for monitoring content published by third parties”. In addition, the platform’s guidelines, which provide for the removal of dangerous content that encourages self-harm, for example, would not be applied. Tiktok has many underage users – the platform therefore has a great responsibility to protect this group.

Challenge videos often spread

The video platform, which is particularly popular with children and young people and is owned by Chinese company Bytedance, will “fully cooperate with relevant authorities to answer any questions about our policies and procedures,” a Tiktok spokesperson said Tuesday night.

On Tiktok, videos often spread of challenges that can be dangerous: for example, the “Blackout Challenge” was about holding your breath until you lose consciousness. Blick refrains from distributing such videos. In this context, the European Commission recently threatened with serious consequences with Tiktok if European rules were violated. (SDA)

Source: Blick