PA Family Suing TikTok After Daughter Dies Doing 'Challenge:' Reports

CHESTER, PA — After a 10-year-old girl from Delaware County died doing a "challenge" that was making rounds on TikTok, her family has filed suit against the social media company.

Nyla Anderson died at just 10 years old on Dec. 12, 2021 after doing the "blackout challenge" that was making rounds on TikTok.

According to Fox 29, the Anderson family has filed a lawsuit against the company.

The family wants to learn how TikTok's algorithm is used to target children and put a stop to it, Action News reports.

A spokesperson from TikTok told Patch back in December 2021 that the "challenge" predates the app.

"This disturbing 'challenge,' which people seem to learn about from sources other than TikTok, long predates our platform and has never been a TikTok trend," the spokesperson said in an email. "We remain vigilant in our commitment to user safety and would immediately remove related content if found. Our deepest sympathies go out to the family for their tragic loss."

Nyla died in her bedroom while other family members were home.

The young girl was "a butterfly" and a happy girl, her mother said.

She attended Chester Community Charter School and is survived by her mother, twin brother Nakye, brothers Kevin and Lamarr, grandmother, Phyllis Anderson, great-grandfather A. Kerbo, and many relatives, according to her obituary.