Perez Hilton Hospitalized in Serious Condition After TikTok Livestream

1 American 2 celebrity 3 blogger 4 Perez 5 Hilton 6 remains 7 in 8 serious 9 but 10 stable 11 condition 12 at 13 a 14 Miami 15 hospital 16 following 17 an 18 apparent 19 self 20 harm 21 incident 22 broadcast 23 live 24 on 25 TikTok. 26 Miami 27 Dade 28 County 29 Sheriff 30 deputies 31 responded 32 to 33 his 34 home 35 on 36 Tuesday 37 evening 38 after 39 concerned 40 viewers 41 alerted 42 authorities. 43 Arriving 44 officers 45 tactically 46 disengaged 47 to 48 deescalate 49 the 50 situation 51 and 52 confirmed 53 Hilton 54 was 55 alone. 56 Paramedics 57 subsequently 58 transported 59 the 60 blogger 61 to 62 Kendall 63 Hospital. 64 According 65 to 66 a 67 formal 68 statement 69 released 70 by 71 his 72 family, 73 Hilton 74 suffered 75 significant 76 blood 77 loss 78 and 79 requires 80 impending 81 surgery. 82 Medical 83 professionals 84 are 85 temporarily 86 holding 87 him 88 for 89 evaluation 90 under 91 the 92 Florida 93 Baker 94 Act. 95 TikTok 96 confirmed 97 its 98 automated 99 moderation 100 systems 101 flagged 102 the 103 initial 104 broadcast 105 within 106 minutes, 107 but 108 a 109 moderator 110 error 111 delayed 112 the 113 video 114 removal. 115 Corporate 116 operators 117 subsequently 118 disabled 119 multiple 120 subsequent 121 streams 122 and 123 permanently 124 banned 125 his 126 user 127 account. 128 Despite 129 these 130 interventions, 131 screen 132 recorded 133 snippets 134 rapidly 135 circulated 136 across 137 external 138 social 139 media 140 platforms, 141 sparking 142 public 143 debates 144 regarding 145 internet 146 safety, 147 platform 148 moderation, 149 mental 150 health.