TikTok hearing 'deeply painful' says campaigner Ellen Roome

Ellen Roome, a British mother, described the first hearing of a lawsuit against TikTok in the US as 'deeply painful'. She and four other parents are suing TikTok over the deaths of their children, who died while attempting a 'blackout challenge' on the platform. The lawsuit alleges that TikTok's algorithms and programming decisions led to the children's deaths. TikTok has applied to dismiss the case, stating that UK residents are suing US entities and that US law bars liability for third-party content on the platform.