Following the death of her son, a mom is warning others about the “blackout challenge” (also known as the “choking challenge”), a dangerous viral trend that’s being shared on social media platforms like TikTok. In an editorial for Huffpost, Joann ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joann Bogard lost her 15-year-old son after he wrapped a belt around his neck to try the ‘Choking Challenge.’ The goal of the online dare was to pass out and then wake up. But her ...

The 12-year-old joins a growing number of TikTok users who have died while attempting the challenge worldwide.

A group of parents are urging a federal appellate court to revive a lawsuit alleging that Google and TikTok wrongly failed to remove potentially dangerous content, including "choking challenge" videos that depict people strangling themselves until they ...