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When selfies and TikTok challenges end fatally
A quick selfie on the edge of a cliff or a video for a so-called TikTok challenge can attract a lot of attention on social media. Increasingly, however, young people are paying for the hunt for likes and clicks with their lives - even in Austria. Krone+ knows the cases and backgrounds.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen 15-year-old Caroline is dead - she died after a fatal fall in a former cement factory in Kaltenleutgeben. Initial suspicions suggest that she may have tried to carry out a TikTok test of courage called the "Lost Place Challenge" together with her friends. This involves reaching places that are difficult to access and capturing the whole thing in photos and videos. Such challenges are not uncommon on the short video platform. And time and again, people are killed during the challenge - especially children and young people.
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