Archie Battersbee's mum slams social media giants over game that put son in coma

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He tragically passed away on August 6 after medics turned off life support and his mother Hollie Dance, 46, believes that there has been a staggering 82 deaths related to this online challenge, The Daily Mirror reports.READ MORE: Tragic Archie Battersbee 'went completely blue' as his family watched 'barbaric' deathHollie called the challenges "disgusting" for what it's doing to young people and urged social media firms to take action.She said: “The social media companies don’t do enough to stop harmful content online.“It’s out there and people are grooming our children to do these challenges, it’s disgusting.

The people – they’re often adults, not children – who are demonstrating these challenges are sick.”After finding footage of a man in his 30s tying something around his neck, Hollie said its time for authorities to get involved.She said: “This is a grown man demonstrating this ‘trick’ to children.

Those people need to be held accountable. The police and the Government need to work together to stop this.”Government intervention was mentioned by Liberal Democrat digital spokesman Jamie Stone, who was critical of delays to the Online Safety Bill.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.He said: “It’s more than four years since Conservative ministers promised new laws to tackle online harms, but we’re still waiting.

We need clear, tough laws.”The Online Safety Bill, according to a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport spokeswoman will: "force tech firms to protect children from dangerous viral stunts.