{"id":388443,"date":"2026-10-16T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/behind-the-choke-chains-flooding-social-media\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T09:00:29","slug":"behind-the-choke-chains-flooding-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/behind-the-choke-chains-flooding-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the choke chains flooding social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Tqq-zZtg7sw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Behind the choke chains flooding social media\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tqq-zZtg7sw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Videos of women being strangled with choke chains are circulating on social media, Sky News can reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbing clips show women wearing these chains as necklaces and being pulled around, with captions poking fun at not being able to breathe. <\/p>\n<p>Sky&#8217;s Phoebe Southworth speaks to a legal expert who says it&#8217;s &quot;patriarchy for profit&quot; and the &quot;commercialisation of misogyny&quot;, to young people who say strangulation is being normalised, and to a strangulation survivor who says these videos glamourise violence. <\/p>\n<p>#UKNews #SkyNews #SkyNewsInvestigation<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Why not listen to one of our podcasts? 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