Influencer dies 12 hours after trying social media problem

He downed not less than seven bottles of the robust alcohol, with can have a power of as much as 60%

An influencer in China was discovered useless 12 hours after he took half in a social media problem which concerned downing bottles of robust alcohol.

The influencer, who glided by the title Sanqiange, filmed himself participating within the problem during which he downed bottles of Baijiu, a robust Chinese language spirit with an alcohol content material of as much as 60 %.

The ‘PK’ problem has been doing the rounds on Douyin, China’s model of TikTok. It sees influencers take one another on in 4 one-on-one battles so as to win rewards from their followers.

Together with rewards for the winner of those challenges, there may be usually a punishment for the loser.

Sanqiange three of his rounds, the BBC studies, and the punishment was seemingly to down bottles of Baijiu.

Viewers mentioned he drank not less than seven bottles of the drink in the course of the night.

Certainly one of his associates, recognized solely as Zhao, advised Shangyou Information: “I don’t know the way a lot he had consumed earlier than I tuned in. However within the latter a part of the video, I noticed him end three bottles earlier than beginning on a fourth.”

“The PK video games ended at round 1 a.m. and by 1 p.m., (when his household discovered him) he was gone. He didn’t even get an opportunity for emergency therapy,” he added.

In response to Zhao, Sanqiange had a historical past of filming himself ingesting alcohol and posting the footage on-line.

The video of Sanqiage downing the alcohol has been taken down and is now not obtainable to view.

The incident has reignited debate in China concerning the security and regulation of social media apps resembling Douyin.

China’s broadcasting authorities have already banned children beneath 16 from tipping live-streamers, proscribing their entry to content material after 10pm.

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