9 Sep 2020

Suicide video goes viral on TikTok, children warned off

From First Up, 5:48 am on 9 September 2020

Parents and caregivers are being urged to keep their children off social media after footage of a man dying by suicide went viral on TikTok. The social media platform has been attempting to remove the video, but new copies - including versions where it's been edited to appear after something benign, like a cute animal - continue to be uploaded The footage originally came from a Facebook Live and is also appearing on other platforms - prompting a warning to parents to check in on their children. Indira Stewart spoke with Netsafe's Martin Cocker.