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David Talukdar // SIPA

The case caused a great wave of emotion in Italy.

A 48-year-old Sicilian influencer was accused on Thursday of inciting suicide after the death of a girl who participated in the "headscarf game" on the social network TikTok.

“The investigators of the Postal Police found on the social network a link leading to the profile of the Sicilian influencer in which we see a video in which she reproduces a 'challenge' with a man, completely covering her face, including the mouth and the nose, with transparent tape, so as not to be able to breathe ”, explains the press release.

"Video-challenges" to be popular

“This video, extremely dangerous because it can be seen by all users, without any restriction, and serve as an emulation for minors (…) has been eliminated from the TikTok platform”, the police also indicated.

The Sicilian influencer "had published many other similar" video challenges "allowing her to gain the popularity and attention of 731,000 followers.

His popularity was such that a user wrote to him: "Hi… If you say hello to me, I swear I'm going out the window."

Her social media accounts were blocked and she was raided.

TikTok temporarily blocked

Last week in Palermo (Sicily, south), the 10-year-old girl died of suffocation while taking part in a "headscarf game" challenge while filming herself with her mobile phone on TikTok.

This case caused great excitement in Italy and the Authority for the Protection of Personal Data has temporarily blocked access to TikTok to users whose age is not guaranteed.

The minimum age to be able to legally register on TikTok is thirteen years old.

In the wake of this tragedy, the same authority on Wednesday asked Facebook and Instagram for clarifications on the access of minors to the two social networks.

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