MILWAUKEE - The parents of a 9-year-old Wisconsin girl have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the popular social media platform, TikTok, claiming their daughter died after becoming obsessed with participating in TikTok challenges.
Arriani Jaileen Arroyo received her first cellphone from her parents when she was 7 years old, according to the Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC) which is representing the Arroyo family.
Arriani downloaded TikTok and started to post videos of herself dancing and singing, as many users do on the social media platform.
But as she continued to use the app, Arriani became obsessed with participating in TikTok challenges, her family claimed. "Because many of these Tik Tok challenges involved eating and dancing, Arriani’s parents did not regard them as dangerous," SMVLC said in a news release.