 Hollie's legal fight to move him from hospital to a hospice came to an end ( PA) It was ruled by doctors that Archie was brain-stem dead and that continuing treatment would not be in the youngster's best interests. Ms Dance was also unsuccessful in her appeal to have Archie moved from the hospital to a hospice for his final moments. However she is now calling for TikTok to be made an interested party in the inquest, which would mean the tech company could be called to give evidence, the Guardian reports. 'Archie had the TikTok app. In the last few weeks [before his injury] he kept making out he was dizzy, that he could make himself pass out," she said. Archie, 12, was at the centre of a High Court battle after he suffered catastrophic brain injuries at his home in Southend, Essex ( PA) "He'd never caused me any alarm by putting anything around his neck or anything like that so this was a very new thing. "For him to all of a sudden start that at the age of 12 years old, he's seen i){kind=link}
Archie Battersbee, 12, was at the centre of a High Court battle after he suffered catastrophic brain injuries at his home on April 7 before having his life support switched off in August
Archie Battersbee’s mum has asked a coroner to examine the role of TikTok in her son’s death.
Archie, 12, was at the centre of a long High Court battle after he suffered catastrophic brain injuries at his home in Southend, Essex, on April 7.
He died in August after his life support was switched off.
Mum Hollie Dance now wants the role of the social media giant to be placed under the microscope.