TSJ admits appeal that asks the State to order the withdrawal of viral challenges on TikTok
The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) reported this Thursday that it admitted an appeal for protection filed by the Bolivarian Movement of Families Aristóbulo Istúriz, which requested the protection of the rights of children and adolescents in the face of the risks they run due to viral challenges that circulate on networks social, and that caused the death of two people and mass poisoning in about five schools.
On Instagram, the TSJ shared a ruling in which the Constitutional Chamber declares competent the request that, on behalf of the Chavista movement, was filed by Yuleidi Carrizo, who explained on Wednesday that through an appeal for protection asks the State to order the withdrawal of viral challenges on the social network TikTok that “have been affecting dozens of young people in various educational centers.”
The Supreme Court indicated that “due to the urgency and the interests affected,” it notified the Attorney General’s Office, the Ombudsman’s Office, the Autonomous Institute of the National Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, as well as the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. , to appear before the court, where an oral and public hearing will be held.
On Tuesday, the Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, asked the Police to be alert to the risks that young people run due to viral challenges and called on uniformed personnel to go to educational centers to increase surveillance, after poisonings were recorded. massive in at least five schools in the last two weeks.
Last week, Cabello said that cases of ‘chroming’ are being investigated, a challenge popularized on networks, especially among teenagers, which consists of inhaling toxic substances from aerosols, deodorants, paints and insecticides.
On Monday, Nicolás Maduro ordered the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel) ask the social network TikTok in Latin America to remove videos about viral challenges from its platforms in Venezuelawhich he described as “abusive and criminal,” after reporting on the death of two teenagers, ages 12 and 14, for participating in challenges published on the platform.
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