Officers with The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service would like to advise the public of a possible online threat directed at youth.
An online trend that gained popularity in 2018 called the momo challenge has been recently observed by a few youth in our community. The recent videos have been embedded in popular online videos intended for children and may have some disturbing messages/images. These messages and videos sometimes include content that encourages children to harm themselves or others and not to tell their parents about it.
We encourage all parents to stay vigilant with regards to their children’s activities online and to maintain an open line of communication with their children about potential risks. It is important to:
- Educate yourself about the internet and popular sites or apps your child is visiting,
- Review all sites that your child visits or interacts with on a regular basis,
- Speak with your child about not sharing any private information,
- Encourage your child to tell you immediately if someone is pressuring or threatening them online, especially if that person says not to tell their parents.
The internet is a valuable tool that is constantly changing. Because of this it is important to regularly monitor and review your child’s activities online to ensure that they are having the best and safest experience possible.
This link had a mom explain how she told her kids about this stupid Momo stuff and debunked it for them without frightening them. They wound up laughing together about it. Hopefully it helps some parents deal with explaining this silliness to their frightened kids.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10214611530816064&set=a.1455057010514&type=3&theater
It’s a hoax
Here’s a bit more info on it. They think it’s blown out of proportion and hyped up by the media, but it has happened a few times.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/02/26/momo-challenge-suicide-game/
FFS this is a hoax can we please stop spreading it? There is ZERO evidence that this is a thing. Do some research before spreading stupidity. Christ.
Scott Smith has Caroline read this
Sarah Walker Jefferson I don’t think she has. It’s all just a hoax though.
The problem is too many people letting their imagination play unsupervised with their fears
The more everyone shares this crap the more fame the loser who made this up gets 🙄
Jay McMaster
No buddy knows whats going on… they call it a “Challenge” then you say its people posing on whatsapp and youtube with this face as there photo, trying to convince people to harm themselves…
its just a shocking picture of a Japanese art. People bullying or threatening other over the internet to do stuff isn’t new. Just because someone coined momo challenge this time doesn’t make it new and the people freakin out over it doesn’t have the time to look into it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47393510?SThisFB
Go eat another Tide Pod!
Me too says not found
Remember back in the day, it was email chains? “If you dont forward this to 50 people in 10 minutes, the girl from the ring will come to your house and kill you tonight”
I personally just explained exactly that to my kids, let my oldest know that she should ALWAYS talk to me if she comes across ANYTHING that makes her uncomfortable. New platforms, new ways of invoking terror.
If you type in Google “Momo Challenge Hoax”, you can find the truth … Sometimes, Facebook is not reliable for facts.
Julie Leduc truth? Lmao
Tell that to my kid who saw the video , and I was right beside him. NOT OK !!
Ashley Baldelli my daughter also had one about an hour ago
i keep saying it, the thing has been around for years, i don’t know why it’s surfacing now, though, or why people are turning it into…well. that
Because people pick up on trends and dont actually research and they’re ignorant about the internet so they go and flee to the police as soon as possible without thinking first. He is right. This stuff is old as hell. It’s just picked up speed and will die down soon. Go look up other YouTube kids problems and you’ll see it’s not just this face.
Please watch this everyone 🙄
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10161687679705650&id=856675649&sfnsn=mo
This says page not found
scary world
Sandra Hawdon – for sure.
what is wrong with people – grrrrrrrrrr
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