A CHILD IS DEAD. A 13-year-old boy is gone forever because of a sick, viral dare spreading like poison on TikTok.
Jacob Stevens was with friends in his Ohio home when they tried the “Benadryl Challenge.” He swallowed a handful of the allergy pills. His body shut down. He spent six agonizing days on a ventilator before his family had to say goodbye.
This isn’t an accident. It’s PREDICTABLE MURDER. The FDA warned about this exact “challenge” THREE YEARS AGO, stating it can cause heart failure, seizures, coma, and DEATH. They begged TikTok to remove the videos. The platform claims it “has never seen this type of content trend” and blocks searches. But the proof is in the coffin. A child is dead.
So who’s to blame? Look at the statements. TikTok offers “deepest sympathies” while hiding behind algorithms and 40,000 safety moderators. The maker of Benadryl calls it “dangerous” and says it’s “working with” platforms. It’s all CORPORATE SPEECH. They are talking while kids are dying.
Parents are told to “store medications out of reach.” But how do you lock away an idea? How do you childproof a FEED designed to push extreme content to the most vulnerable?
This is more than a tragedy. It’s a pattern. A digital game of Russian roulette where our children are the test subjects, and the only response from the giants who enable it is a PRESS RELEASE.
They warned us. They just didn’t warn us enough to actually STOP IT.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
