Delaware County Mother Suing TikTok Over Daughter’s ‘Blackout Challenge’ Death

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Tawainna Anderson (right) and her attorney at the announcement of Anderson's suit in Philadelphia U.S. District Court against TikTok.
Tom MacDonald

A mother whose daughter died after doing a TikTok challenge is suing the popular social media site. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports.

(Original air-date: 5/22/22)

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WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region since the mid-1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief, covering government and politics for more than a decade, for WWDB-FM.