16-year-old dies after trying TikTok\u2019s dangerous \u2018scarf game\u2019 challenge Facebook: AfricultureA 16-year-old girl has died after attempting the \u2018scarf game\u2019 TikTok challenge, which sees participants fastening the cloth around their necks until they pass out. Christy Sibali Dominique Gloire Gassaille died in May, after trying the viral \u2018scarf game,\u2019 which is a variation of TikTok\u2019s dangerous \u2018Blackout Challenge\u2018 that has claimed several lives over the years. The 16-year-old French girl, who grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was reportedly at home when she attempted the deadly stunt. She passed away on May 27, Jam Press reports. The sick game sees participants fasten a piece of cloth around their necks to asphyxiate themselves until they pass out. Similar to the Blackout Challenge, this exploit can restrict the oxygen flow to the brain, causing seizures, serious injury, and even death. Following Gassaille\u2019s tragic death last month, she was buried on June 7 at the Fleury les Aubrais cemetery, near her home in Orl\u00e9ans, France. Her passing is another that has been caused by choking challenges, which have become increasingly popular on the short-form video app. However, TikTok appears to have placed restrictions, as a search for the term \u201cscarf game\u201d returns a \u201cno results found\u201d message. The message reads: \u201cThis phrase may be associated with behavior or content that violates our guidelines. Promoting a safe and positive experience is TikTok\u2019s top priority. For more information, we invite you to review our Community Guidelines.\u201d There has been a report of another young death from a similar viral choking challenge. In January 2023, a 12-year-old Argentinian girl died while recording herself attempting this stunt with a makeshift noose. Previously, TikTok faced wrongful death lawsuits after two California girls allegedly hanged themselves to death after watching blackout challenge videos on the app. However, the platform\u2019s reps declared that \u201cchoking game\u201d injuries sustained by young people long predate the blackout challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
16-year-old dies after trying TikTok\u2019s dangerous \u2018scarf game\u2019 challenge Facebook: AfricultureA 16-year-old girl has died after attempting the \u2018scarf game\u2019 TikTok challenge, which sees participants fastening the cloth around their necks until they pass out. Christy Sibali Dominique Gloire Gassaille died in May, after trying the viral \u2018scarf game,\u2019 which is a variation of TikTok\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}