What is the disturbing \u2018Momo Challenge\u2019 \u2013 and why is it resurfacing? Nanaakoo, Instagram \/ techprevueLaw enforcement across the globe are warning parents about the dangers of the \u2018Momo Challenge,\u2019 claiming that it could endanger children\u2019s lives. The \u2018Momo Challenge\u2019 is making the round across social media once more, after going viral in early 2016 \u2013 and it\u2019s being linked to the deaths of several children. The challenge stems from a \u2018Mother Bird\u2019 sculpture fashioned by Japanese artist Keisuke Aisawa in 2016, which some malicious suspects are utilizing on Facebook and Whatsapp to convince children to self-harm. https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BlQlfA2Biju\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkTo take part in the challenge, children will contact such users under the guise of \u2018Momo\u2019 (another name for the \u2018Mother Bird\u2019 sculpture), who will then encourage them to undertake various tasks to avoid a potential \u2018curse.\u2019 Some of these tasks escalate to include self-harm \u2013 and generally end with Momo asking children to commit suicide. Keep kids away from YouTube #MomoChallenge pic.twitter.com\/X13OCSey9B \u2014 \u00ba\u2022\u25cbShuihel\u25cb\u2022\u00ba (@ShuihelMiah) February 27, 2019 The \u2018Momo Challenge\u2019 has been linked to the deaths of children in India, Argentina, and Colombia, who took their lives in summer of 2018 \u2013 although the possible links to Momo were never proven. Now, the challenge is trending again, after allegedly popping up in the middle of YouTube videos directed toward younger audiences \u2013 and asking one U.K. boy to stab himself in the neck. https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJiFgx1BbS9\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkA YouTube spokesperson has since addressed the deadly trend, writing, \u201cOur Community Guidelines prohibit harmful and dangerous challenges, including promoting the Momo challenge, and we remove this content quickly when flagged to us.\u201d wait\u2026 the momo challenge is old right? why is it trending again? what happened?? \u2014 Shane Dawson (@shanedawson) February 27, 2019 Even major YouTubers have spoken out on the issue, with the likes of Shane Dawson wondering why the challenge is making the rounds again \u2013 prompting speculation if the challenge will be part of his next series. However, the challenge has since been debunked as a popular urban legend, as no concrete evidence of Momo can be linked to the deaths in question, nor has YouTube found any videos containing the disturbing sculpture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is the disturbing \u2018Momo Challenge\u2019 \u2013 and why is it resurfacing? Nanaakoo, Instagram \/ techprevueLaw enforcement across the globe are warning parents about the dangers of the \u2018Momo Challenge,\u2019 claiming that it could endanger children\u2019s lives. The \u2018Momo Challenge\u2019 is making the round across social media once more, after going viral in early 2016 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}