Are children really being contacted by a stranger telling them to harm themselves? CTVNews.ca explains what is and is not known about the Momo Challenge.
have described the Momo Challenge as a “suicide game” without official confirmation of a link between the reported deaths and Momo-like social media communications.newspaper about Lyn Dixon, who said her eight-year-old son told her he had seen the Momo image accompanied by a demand to hurt himself.
As explained above, any claims of children being injured or killed while following Momo’s instructions have not been substantiated by authorities. It’s possible that children have been urged to hurt themselves or others by someone identifying themselves as Momo. It’s also possible that the entire craze has been an overblown reaction to one relatively harmless encounter, or that it was entirely fabricated from the beginning.
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