https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/what-momo-challenge-disturbing-suicide-game-has-parents-police-worried-1345345%3famp=1A WhatsApp game called the “Momo Challenge” has recently resurfaced in the United Kingdom. The creepy challenge known as the “Momo game,” or “Momo Challenge,” typically comes from a stranger and asks children to engage in horrific acts, but from behind the disguise of “Momo,” which is a woman’s scary face and stringy, black hair atop a bird’s body.
The app asks children to complete tasks that include the youngsters to inflict harm upon themselves and provide photographic evidence so they can continue the game. If the participant doesn’t play along, they’ll be “cursed,” according to the app.
The game’s end happens when the app tells the player to take their own life and record it for the world to see.
The game became popular internationally in 2018, and it gained notoriety last August when it led to the death of a 12-year-old boy in Argentina, according to this CBS report.
According to this report in Great Britain’s The Independent, the use of scary figures to lure children into self-mutilation or worse could be a front backed by hackers into the worldwide web.
"Even basic open source research suggests that 'Momo' is run by hackers who are looking for personal info," police from Northern Ireland said in The Independent. "Whatever or whoever is behind it, there is no disputing the content being sent is horrendous.”
