<p>Italian police on Thursday accused a Sicilian woman of "inciting suicide" for an asphyxiation video she posted on TikTok, a week after a child accidentally died in a so-called blackout challenge.</p>.<p>Police said the video, posted without restrictions on the social media platform by the 48-year-old Sicilian "influencer", was "extremely dangerous" and able to be viewed by everyone, including children.</p>.<p>The video depicts a challenge between the woman and a man "in which both wrapped their faces, including nostrils and mouth, with transparent adhesive tape, so that they could not breathe", police said in a statement, adding that the video had been taken down.</p>.<p>Italian investigators have been probing TikTok, a video-sharing network owned by Chinese company ByteDance, since the death last week of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly participated in such a "choking game", in which restricted oxygen to the brain induces a high.</p>.<p>Italy's privacy watchdog temporarily blocked TikTok access for users whose age could not be proved definitively.</p>.<p>Police on Thursday did not specify whether the video in question had been viewed by the girl, but noted that it and similar ones "could be emulated by minors".</p>.<p>The woman who posted the video had published numerous other similar challenges, "which allowed her to gain popularity and the attention of 731,000 followers of different ages".</p>.<p>Viewers were allowed to accept the challenge, police said, citing one post in which a user wrote "if you say hi to me I swear I'll jump out the window".</p>.<p>Prosecutors authorised a search of the woman's computer and social network accounts.</p>.<p>According to TikTok's terms and conditions, users must be at least 13 years old.</p>.<p>Italy's data regulators said Wednesday they were also looking into how minors accessed Facebook and Instagram.</p>.<p>The watchdog filed a legal case in December against TikTok alleging a "lack of attention to the protection of minors", criticising the ease with which very young children could sign up.</p>
<p>Italian police on Thursday accused a Sicilian woman of "inciting suicide" for an asphyxiation video she posted on TikTok, a week after a child accidentally died in a so-called blackout challenge.</p>.<p>Police said the video, posted without restrictions on the social media platform by the 48-year-old Sicilian "influencer", was "extremely dangerous" and able to be viewed by everyone, including children.</p>.<p>The video depicts a challenge between the woman and a man "in which both wrapped their faces, including nostrils and mouth, with transparent adhesive tape, so that they could not breathe", police said in a statement, adding that the video had been taken down.</p>.<p>Italian investigators have been probing TikTok, a video-sharing network owned by Chinese company ByteDance, since the death last week of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly participated in such a "choking game", in which restricted oxygen to the brain induces a high.</p>.<p>Italy's privacy watchdog temporarily blocked TikTok access for users whose age could not be proved definitively.</p>.<p>Police on Thursday did not specify whether the video in question had been viewed by the girl, but noted that it and similar ones "could be emulated by minors".</p>.<p>The woman who posted the video had published numerous other similar challenges, "which allowed her to gain popularity and the attention of 731,000 followers of different ages".</p>.<p>Viewers were allowed to accept the challenge, police said, citing one post in which a user wrote "if you say hi to me I swear I'll jump out the window".</p>.<p>Prosecutors authorised a search of the woman's computer and social network accounts.</p>.<p>According to TikTok's terms and conditions, users must be at least 13 years old.</p>.<p>Italy's data regulators said Wednesday they were also looking into how minors accessed Facebook and Instagram.</p>.<p>The watchdog filed a legal case in December against TikTok alleging a "lack of attention to the protection of minors", criticising the ease with which very young children could sign up.</p>