TikTok was sued in March 2023 for allegedly spreading hazardous content that caused a teen to commit suicide.
The 2022 suicide case of a 16-year-old Long Island kid who sadly died by walking in front of a train has seen a fresh development. The teenager, who lived close to a commuter train track, received “railroad-themed suicide videos” from TikTok via GPS monitoring, according to court documents, which were cited by multiple media sites.
In March 2023, Nasca’s parents filed a lawsuit against TikTok. The business filed a motion to have the case dismissed in December 2024, arguing that the videos in question qualified as “free speech” under
“Some of the videos directed to Chase, who lived a quarter mile from the LIRR tracks, encouraged young people to end their lives by stepping in front of a moving train,” according to court filings, which brings us full circle to the most recent development in the case, as reported by the New York Post.
“I can’t do it anymore,” was the final Snapchat message that Nasca, a high school student, sent to a buddy on February 18 as she was leaving the gym for home. He sent the message, then proceeded onto the Islip railroad lines, where an MTA train struck and killed him.
Before legislation that required its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to either sell the app on national security grounds or risk a ban went into effect on January 19, the well-known short video app that is used by over half of all Americans was dark for a brief period last month. The next day, Trump signed an executive order to temporarily permit TikTok to continue operating in the United States by delaying the implementation of the ban by seventy-five days.
Trump hinted about the possibility of extending his 75-day TikTok deadline on February 13. A number of prospective buyers, including former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, have shown interest in the rapidly expanding company, which analysts believe could be worth up to $50 billion, as a result of the unrest at TikTok.