Overview
- Five British families allege TikTok’s recommendation systems promoted dangerous content, including the so‑called Blackout Challenge, contributing to their children’s deaths.
- TikTok’s motion to dismiss is being argued in Delaware’s Superior Court on Friday, with the company asserting the case should be heard in the UK.
- If the judge rejects dismissal, the case moves to a discovery phase that could span years and require production of internal materials and account information.
- The families say repeated requests for their children’s data were refused, while TikTok says it bans such content, removes 99% proactively, and deleted certain histories under data rules.
- The US lawsuit runs alongside a UK push for “Jools’ Law,” with a House of Lords amendment from Baroness Beeban Kidron to automatically preserve a deceased child’s online data set for debate later in January.