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TikTok: influencer sued for inciting suicide

2021-01-28T08:08:17.649Z


The Postal Police of Florence, coordinated by the Deputy Prosecutor Luca Tescaroli and the Deputy Prosecutor Fabio Di Vizio of the Florentine Public Prosecutor's Office, following a complex and delicate investigation activity, denounced a forty-eight year old from the province ... (ANSA)


The Postal Police of Florence, coordinated by the Deputy Prosecutor Luca Tescaroli and by the Deputy Prosecutor Fabio Di Vizio of the Florentine Public Prosecutor's Office, following a complex and delicate investigation activity, denounced a forty-eight year old from the province of Syracuse, for inciting suicide (art . 580 of the criminal code).


    As part of the monitoring of the internet, the investigators of the Postal Police of Florence, according to a note, have identified a link on the social network Tik Tok that can be traced back to the profile of the Sicilian 'influencer', in which a video depicting a " challenge "between a woman and a man, in which both completely wrapped their faces, including nostrils and mouth, with transparent adhesive tape, so that they could not breathe. The video, "extremely dangerous as it is visible to all users without restrictions, as it could be the object of emulation by minors, as has unfortunately already happened in recent news stories with similar challenges", was immediately reported by the CNCPO of the Postal Police Service of Rome and removed from the Tik Tok platform. As part of the monitoring activity it was ascertained that over time the influencer had also published numerous other "video challenges" of the same content, which allowed her to gain popularity and the attention of 731,000 followers of different ages. 


Source: ansa

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