Just like any urban legend or horror story, the concept can be quite frightening and distressing for young people. National Online Safety have unveiled a seven-point guide on how you can protect your children from the Momo suicide game. How can you protect your children from the Momo challenge? “When we got home I spoke to him about this and he told me some kids at school had told him to look at the Momo challenge, which he did." She said he had made three kids cry by telling them that Momo was going to go into their room at night and kill them.
"We've told him it's a load of rubbish and there are bad people out there who do bad things but it's frightening, really frightening."Īnother concerned mum from Bolton wrote on her local Facebook page: "When I collected him from school the teacher asked to talk to me. She said: "He showed me an image of the face on my phone and said that she had told him to go into the kitchen drawer and take out a knife and put it into his neck. Lyn Dixon from Edinburgh revealed that her eight-year-old son was told to hold a knife to his neck by Momo. Users are threatened and sometimes blackmailed if they refuse to carry out the "orders". These encourages children to carry them out, progressively hurting themselves and isolating them from the world.Įventually told to kill themselves by the anonymous controller. When a person adds Momo to their WhatsApp contacts, they get sent a series of challenges. Spanish police sent this warning about the Momo game. The spread of the game is similar to the phenomenon of Blue Whale, which was linked to at least 130 teenage deaths in Russia in 2017. The game has also been reported on Facebook and YouTube. Often, a youngster is “doxed", meaning their private information is hacked and then used for blackmail purposes. In some cases are tricked into self-harm and suicide. Users who engage with Momo on WhatsApp are sent disturbing photographs, instructing them to carry out some tasks.
Two children in Colombia killed themselves after playing Momo - and now it has been reported in Britain for the first time.Įvery parent should be aware of the Momo challenge - here's what you need to know. She sends young people images and instructions on how to harm themselves and others. The "suicide game" is spread about young people on WhatsApp and features an image of a terrifying woman with dark hair, pale skin and wildly oversized round eyes and a scary unnatural smile. An online challenge called Momo which encourages youngsters to harm themselves has been reported in the UK.
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