The other shattered parents, all from Essex, are Lisa Kenevan, 51, whose son Isaac, 13, took part in a blackout challenge-type video; Liam Walsh, 49, whose 13-year-old daughter Maia passed away after viewing disturbing messages; and Hollie Dance, 49, whose son Archie Battersbee, 12, watched a seven-minute TikTok video before his death.
She and three other British families who suspect their teenage children died trying to copy the “blackout challenge” in the same year are suing Chinese media giant TikTok, which has more than one billion users, in order to get hold of the data.
But desperate for answers, she sold her mortgage business last year to lead a campaign for Jools’ Law, which would give parents the right to access their children’s online activity if they die unexpectedly.
Like many others, Ellen thought TikTok was about fun dances and “silly challenges” when she allowed Jools to download it in lockdown.
On March 8, 2022 — when her son Isaac didn’t come down for dinner — Lisa, from Basildon, who works in sales, found the bathroom door locked and got no reply to her shouts.
