Question: What is the 'Momo' challenge? Answer: 'Momo' is apparently spreading on the popular WhatsApp platform. People are urged to add a contact on the app, then it is suggested they cause self. The game has possible connections to a suicide in Argentina (Image: CEN) How to prevent your children from engaging in the Momo challenge. Shortly after the young girl died in Argentina, concerns.
Viral Internet hoaxThe ' Momo Challenge' was a and an Internet about a nonexistent challenge that was spread on and other media outlets. It was reported that children and adolescents were being enticed by a user named Momo to perform a series of dangerous tasks including violent attacks,. Despite claims that the phenomenon had reached worldwide proportions in July 2018, the number of actual complaints was relatively small and no law enforcement agency has confirmed that anyone was harmed as a direct result of it. Concern and distress registered by children was primarily driven by media reports rather than as a result of 'Momo', leading children's charities to view warnings against the alleged phenomenon as causing more harm than good by leading to a which may encourage children to look up violent material on the Internet.The challenge 'became a worldwide phenomenon' in 2018 after an Indonesian newspaper reported that it had caused a 12-year-old girl to kill herself. Awareness grew in February 2019 after the posted a public warning on Facebook, and American media personality posted on her pleading that remove alleged 'Momo' videos. Contents.Background and reactionsThe Momo Challenge gained the public's attention in July 2018, when it was noticed by a, ReignBot. Targeting teenagers, people presenting themselves as a character named Momo on messages try to convince people to contact them through their cell phone.
As with other Internet hoaxes presented as challenges such as ', players are then instructed to perform a succession of tasks, refusal to do so being met with threats. Messages are subsequently accompanied by frightening or pictures.
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