Momo-the fear or Momo-hysteria has hit the world again. Last fall exploded the internet and social media with stories about the creepy doll Momo, that hacking into YouTube, WhatsApp and other social media, where the scary doll with the widened eyes trying to lure and scare children to do damage to themselves and ultimately commit suicide.
In the media the phenomenon was called ‘Momo challenge’ or ‘Momo-the challenge’, because the doll supposedly could find to encourage children to turn on the gas in their own home or find the pills and swallow them.
It writes multiple media including CBS
The new wave of fear and mention of Momo-the phenomenon has, among others, got the air of a posting on Facebook from the 24. February from the police service of northern Ireland, who wrote the following:
‘Suicide-a challenge threatens our children. We have here on the last received information about Momo-the game that is right in the moment.’
’the Game saves itself in other harmless games which our children play. There have also been reports that it shows up on YouTube. The character in the picture below is ‘Momo’. And when you download Momo, tells the children that they must communicate with the Momo on WhatsApp and many other apps. Then orders the Momo your child to do harm to themselves, and if they do not, they will be exposed to a curse’, writes the police in northern Ireland, and continues:
‘Our advice is to always monitor the games that your children play, and be aware of what videos they see on YouTube.’
And two days ago warned several primary schools in the Uk, their pupils and the parents about Momo-the challenge on the schools ‘ twitter accounts. Newbridge Highschool wrote the following:
‘We have been made aware of the potentially damaging phenomenon ‘Momo-the challenge’. Please see details on our website with more details around how to ensure your child online’.
We have been made aware of a potentially harmful social media challenge called The Momo Challenge.
Please see our website for more detailed information and other information about ensuring your child’s safety online.https://t.co/nmXTukqaly— NewbridgeHighSchool (@NewbridgeHSch) 26. February 2019
Several of the schools also warned that Momo-the challenge has spread to the Peppa Pig videos on YouTube and for the game Fortnite. It writes the Daily Mail.
IN the UNITED states, there have also been several stories about Momo-the challenge, really got the fear and hysteria up in fifth gear, as verdensstjernen Kim Kardashian on his instagram warned its 129 million followers against the scary selvmordsdukke Momo. Kardashian put two pics of Momu out on his instagram and wrote, among other things, the following:
‘It here has just been sent to me. And it can pop up on YouTube Kids. Please monitor what your children are watching on’.
YouTube description corresponded according to CBS directly to Kim Kardashian, and wrote the following:
‘We take these reports seriously. We are on the case’.
Julia from TeamYouTube has written the following:’Videos calling for the harmful and dangerous challenges is against our policy. And it also applies to Momo-the challenge.
An employee from Google who owns You Tube has according to CBS written the following:’After the incredible review, we have not recently seen any evidence on the videos that contain the ‘Momo Challenge’ on You Tube’.
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Suicide-doll Momo has terrified children in several places in the world. (Photo: Private)
But what is really up and down throughout the here extreme Momo-phenomenon? The fake-news or is there something to it?
the Extra Leaf has contacted Jon Kristian Lange, who is an expert in children’s digital lives in the Red the Child.
– We have not, over the last few weeks heard anything about a new distribution of the Momo challenge in Denmark. But there may well go a while before you receive inquiries when it comes to the phenomena.
– But actually I think also, that Danish children and young people are better equipped to fob off something like that and just say: never mind.
With a view that there have been reports about that, Momo-the challenge is popped up on the videos of Peppa Pig and in the game, Fortnite, says Jon Kristian Lange:
– This is a trend we see, for instance, as YouTube Kids, where there are some who think it is fun to make the kids frightened. And I could well imagine that there were some who would scare children with Momo-the challenge is precisely that, says Jon Kristian Lange, pointing to a part of the well may act on the so-called internet trolls, who are very geeky and is able to hack into many places.
But when we’re talking about Momo-the challenge, can you say whether it is ‘Fake News’, or whether it is internet trolls who teases small children?
– We have even been much doubt about the question. It is perhaps a little more than a hoax, or ‘Fake News’. In principle, it is, in my opinion, about a well-produced video that pops up and scares the children.
– But there is no doubt that there are many children who feel scared of the phenomenon of Momo. So therefore, we began to address the issue. And we, of course it takes seriously, says Jon Christian Long.
The Danish organization ‘Children’ also warns against the frygede Momo-doll on its website, where they have set out five tips to parents and children, as you can see here.
