Momo challenge videos
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This horrific story seems to be gaining a lot of traction, just had a notice from my childrens school about it.
In a nut shell childrens youtube videos such as peppa pig are being hijacked by a disturbing character called momo who challenges the viewer to do harmful challenges like turning on the gas or find and take tablets without their parents knowing, all the way up to tricking them into commiting suicide and attacking other kids at school.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/the-news-explained/momo...
We live in a seriously f
ked up time where something as innocent as pepa pig on youtube can be weaponised by the crazies of the world.
This thing will haunt my dreams, i imagine its very distressing for a child.
In a nut shell childrens youtube videos such as peppa pig are being hijacked by a disturbing character called momo who challenges the viewer to do harmful challenges like turning on the gas or find and take tablets without their parents knowing, all the way up to tricking them into commiting suicide and attacking other kids at school.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/the-news-explained/momo...
We live in a seriously f
ked up time where something as innocent as pepa pig on youtube can be weaponised by the crazies of the world.This thing will haunt my dreams, i imagine its very distressing for a child.
Edited by dazwalsh on Wednesday 27th February 09:48
Edited by dazwalsh on Wednesday 27th February 09:49
I'm pretty sure its all a hoax, and isn't actually happening. Two stories are being conflated - yes hacked versions of kids shows are on youtube which show some distressing scenes, such as Peppa biting Daddy's throat out. Pretty messed up and unpleasant.
This Momo thing is nonsense though. Its all "alleged". Same as this blue whale cult thing that was going about last year that apparently was responsible for 130 teens killing themselves.
Bottom line: there's no evidence that this Momo challenge exists. No evidence that anyone has killed themselves (reports that kids have have come from very sketchy South American sources). There's no images, footage, or reliable reports of anyone having received one of these Momo messages, which you'd imagine would actually be widespread if the stories are to be believed. BUT, its now a meme and you can expect it to be getting used everywhere and to crop up all over the internet now because its been sensationalised and the joke has gone mainstream.
So I won't be surprised if there's now a Peppa Pig episode on youtube which is cut with an image of "Momo" (which, by the way, is just a weird sculpture by a Japanese artist, which the originators of the hoax have no access to and can't make it 'do' anything).
Its a ghost story that hysterical parents have been whipped up into believing.
This Momo thing is nonsense though. Its all "alleged". Same as this blue whale cult thing that was going about last year that apparently was responsible for 130 teens killing themselves.
Bottom line: there's no evidence that this Momo challenge exists. No evidence that anyone has killed themselves (reports that kids have have come from very sketchy South American sources). There's no images, footage, or reliable reports of anyone having received one of these Momo messages, which you'd imagine would actually be widespread if the stories are to be believed. BUT, its now a meme and you can expect it to be getting used everywhere and to crop up all over the internet now because its been sensationalised and the joke has gone mainstream.
So I won't be surprised if there's now a Peppa Pig episode on youtube which is cut with an image of "Momo" (which, by the way, is just a weird sculpture by a Japanese artist, which the originators of the hoax have no access to and can't make it 'do' anything).
Its a ghost story that hysterical parents have been whipped up into believing.
Did you read the article? It’s not a hoax... but it might not be as widespread as portrayed. Seems to have started in Colombia and reached further afield. Perhaps not the same person.
Bizarre stuff. Kids should not be on a WhatsApp; and all other online activity should be monitored by parents anyway.
Bizarre stuff. Kids should not be on a WhatsApp; and all other online activity should be monitored by parents anyway.
It's just another viral hoax - https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyrobertson/2019/02...
https://entertainment.ie/trending/the-momo-challen...
https://entertainment.ie/trending/the-momo-challen...
LDN said:
Did you read the article? It’s not a hoax... but it might not be as widespread as portrayed. Seems to have started in Colombia and reached further afield. Perhaps not the same person.
Bizarre stuff. Kids should not be on a WhatsApp; and all other online activity should be monitored by parents anyway.
I'll preface this by saying I am super sceptical when it comes to stories in newspapers about the internet. The rags, and the majority of readers, almost always don't understand the subject matter. There's excellent outlets that cover specifically the activities of the dark corners of the web, and if they are not talking about it, then I know its a non-story.Bizarre stuff. Kids should not be on a WhatsApp; and all other online activity should be monitored by parents anyway.
When I posted, I hadn't read the article, because I'd read countless others and had already spent a few hours researching it myself last night before coming to my conclusion. After posting I thought it was unfair to not have read what was linked, so I did. Other than the claim coming from Edinburgh, there was nothing I hadn't seen before and nothing to change my opinion. The link in the post above mine sums it up very well. This isn't the first of its kind, probably won't be the last - its just some 4chan/reddit user's after 15 mins of infamy by getting a sort of meta-creepypasta to jump the shark, fed by the media lapping it up.
The trolls can be sick, hurtful, twisted and irritating, but very rarely are they actually malevolent.
Edited by Wrathalanche on Wednesday 27th February 12:52
Dakkon said:
It may be a hoax, but it is already at schools up and down the country, our girls primary school have already had to issue a statement to parents.
Our kids school sent out a warning about the chalk markings outside houses recently, despite this being widely debunked by police forces up and down the country - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-wor...And we still wonder why "fake news" is so prolific?
"Sharing - just in case, 'cos you can neva be 2 carful babe hun xx"
We should genuinely be concerned about the "Tomo Challenge" - https://tuckered.co.uk/2019/02/27/horrific-tomo-ch...
(content text is a bit sweary on that link)
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I saw claims that it was being spread via "social media platforms", youtube, minecraft and fortnite.
What they claim isn't actually possible in Fortnite. What I've seen of the claimed thing in minecraft looks hilarious.
Apparently there are "hacked" videos on youtube kids, with edited sections of Peppa Pig trying to stab herself or something equally weird. But I haven't actually seen any proof of it.
Hopefully this will make some people a little more careful with their kids on-line time, but it seems like more people are doing the typical knee jerk reaction "OMFG, this is scandalous, little Frogmella was trying to kill herself last night, so we deleted the youtube kids app and she's now fine, but I'm going to sue YouTube".
What they claim isn't actually possible in Fortnite. What I've seen of the claimed thing in minecraft looks hilarious.
Apparently there are "hacked" videos on youtube kids, with edited sections of Peppa Pig trying to stab herself or something equally weird. But I haven't actually seen any proof of it.
Hopefully this will make some people a little more careful with their kids on-line time, but it seems like more people are doing the typical knee jerk reaction "OMFG, this is scandalous, little Frogmella was trying to kill herself last night, so we deleted the youtube kids app and she's now fine, but I'm going to sue YouTube".
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