TiKTok expresses concern after Kota minor hangs self

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TikTok, the mobile app team showed their concern regarding the case on Saturday after a 12-year-old boy accidentally choked himself to death allegedly while attempting to shoot and upload his video on the application.

"We would like to confirm that there is no such hashtag challenge or activity that TikTok is promoting on its app. TikTok in no way endorses, promotes or encourages its users to engage in any behaviour that might cause harm to oneself or anyone else either via challenges or content published," TikTok team said in a statement.

"We have a zero tolerance policy on content and behaviour that is against our Community Guidelines," they added. The mobile app team also expressed their condolences for the family and friends of the deceased.

"Initial probe suggests that boy might have killed himself accidentally while trying to make a video for Tik Tok," police said.

Also read: Rajasthan: Minor chokes himself as part of TikTok challenge in Kota

The incident took place on June 22. The family of the victim said that when they found the boy he was sporting sindoor (vermillion), 'mangalsutra' (a sacred thread worn by Hindu married women) and bangles. As a part of the TikTok challenge, he had hanged himself from a noose in his bathroom.

The boy was declared dead when he was being brought to the hospital. His body has been shifted in a government hospital for postmortem.

A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.

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