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Parents please be aware and very cautious of what your child watches on YouTube and KIDS YOUTUBE. There is a thing called ‘Momo’ that’s instructing kids to kill themselves, turn stoves on while everyone is sleep and even threatening to kill the children if they tell their parents!!!

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Quick reality check for anyone landing here: multiple reputable news outlets and child-safety organisations found no verified evidence of a coordinated “Momo challenge” that was secretly instructing children to self-harm on YouTube or WhatsApp. UK charities flagged the viral claims as unfounded, and the disturbing image circulating online originated from a sculpture rather than a purpose-built “game”; much of the alarm spread through social shares and sensational headlines rather than documented incidents (theguardian.com, bbc.co.uk, businessinsider.com).

Practical steps that build on points raised by , and :

  • Use YouTube Kids and set content level to “Approved content only”; disable Search when appropriate. See YouTube Kids parent resources (youtube.com).
  • If your child has a supervised Google account, manage permissions with Google Family Link and the YouTube Kids parental controls ().
  • Regularly check watch history, block channels you do not trust, and report anything genuinely harmful. Co-viewing short clips is the fastest way to spot problems.
  • If a Momo image appears in a children’s upload, treat it as a likely prank or copycat, report it, and avoid sharing screenshots or alarm posts that amplify the hoax.

Bottom line for : this is best handled as a media-literacy moment rather than an ongoing platform threat—reassure kids, adjust settings, co-view, and report real abuse rather than spreading panic (theverge.com).

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Member Avatar for Reverend Jim

At the risk of sounding callous, if your kids are falling for this then

  1. You have failed as a parent to teach your kids anything of value
  2. Chances are they are going to fail at life anyway

I suspect this is yet another in a long series of media scares. Remember the "punching game" thing from a few years ago where (supposedly) gangs were going around and viciously punching strangers at random? How about the "slender-man" scare? Remember, if they can keep you scared they can keep your eyes glued to the news feeds. If you are capable of making decisions rationally (out of logic) or emotionally (out of fear) but not both.

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Member Avatar for gentlemedia

It's a hoax!

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At some point you can't shelter them and maybe you should never do that after they figure out they can't fly.

I'm thinking about all the "Jackass" and other "reality" shows that you see folk doing dumb and dumper. The Internet is mostly not truth and we can't expect governments and such to prevent bad advice from being on the web (nod to anti-vaxxers.)

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The Internet is mostly not truth

That's a bit of a Trumpian sweeping statement. I'd love to see the stats that back up your assertion...

commented: I'd have to include spam email traffic. Something like 300 billion spam emails a day. There's more. +0
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The challenge is the latest viral concern /social media fad/urban legend going around Facebook parenting groups and schools. It's described as a "suicide game" which combines shock imagery and hidden messaging, and it supposedly encourages kids to attempt dangerous stunts, including suicide.

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hi, may i know what is momo

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Scroll up to the first message, it explains it there.

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I am actually scared for my 3-years old daughter as she really love watching video on Youtube. I feel like this is the time that parents should pay attention to what their children watch online.

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Does the Momo still appear on Youtube?

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What part of "it's a hoax" was unclear?

commented: I wonder how many don't know how to research such things. +0
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