Know More About Momo Challenge

The most dangerous app is now in the Philippines. Please beware of your child not to download or play the Momo Challenge. Parents please guide your children not to play this kind of game or else don't let your children use a cellphone, computer, laptop, ipad or any gadgets. 

Know More About Momo Challenge.

The "Momo Challenge" is a hoax Internet challenge, which was spread by users on Facebook and 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 and suicide.Despite claims that the phenomenon had reached worldwide proportions in July 2018, the number of actual complaints was relatively small and no police force has confirmed that anyone was harmed as a direct result of the phenomenon.Reports on and awareness of the alleged challenge rose in February 2019 after the Police Service of Northern Ireland posted a public warning on Facebook.

The Momo Challenge gained the public's attention in July 2018, when it was noticed by a YouTuber, ReignBot.Targeting teenagers, people presenting themselves as "Momo" on WhatsApp messages try to convince people to contact them through their cell phone. As with other Internet "challenges" phenomena such as Blue Whale, 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 gory pictures.

Although authorities have not confirmed any physical harm directly caused by this "challenge", police forces and school administrations on several continents have issued warnings about the Momo Challenge and repeated common advice about Internet safety. WhatsApp is encouraging its users to block phone numbers engaging in this practice and to report them to the company.

Commenting on the numerous rumours of suicide related to the Momo Challenge, web security experts and people studying modern myths have stated that the phenomenon is likely a case of moral panic: a sensationalised hoax fueled by unverified media reports. Benjamin Radford says "the Blue Whale Game and the Momo Challenge have all the hallmarks of a classic moral panic", "fueled by parents’ fears in wanting to know what their kids are up to. There’s an inherent fear in what young people are doing with technology."by September 2018, most phone numbers associated with "Momo" were out of service.

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Police authorities issued warnings to parents to be vigilant of their children's online activity after an 11-year-old boy died from apparent suicide by drug overdose on 11 January 2019, linking the incident to the viral challenge, although no official confirmation of direct relation to the incident has been established by the authorities.