how is the "48 hour challenge", the new viral game that terrifies parents

The challenge was known in November 2018 and is now viral. This means that young people do not have contact with their parents during this time.

Its origins go back to "Game 72". A challenge that has gained notoriety in the year 2013when he started this type of youth games and was popular in countries such as Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Both are made up of young people disappear for 24, 48 or 72 hours, in order to provoke the despair of their parents. There are more scores for young people who reach larger quantity and severity of alerts. For example, more points are added if the parents report to the police or if a ransom is requested to find out where the "missing" is.

The challenge has been expanded to through social networks, especially in Mexico, although, already in October 2017, the British newspaper L & # 39; Independent have reported the first cases in Europe. The Ministry of Public Security of San Luis Potosí sent a message to alert parents about this type of game. The message calls parents to "Watch the activity of their children on social networks, because the false alarm jeopardizes the integrity of those who are actually in a dangerous situation."

In Mexico, the challenge is attracting a lot of attention, especially for the increased cases of kidnappings related to drug cartels. The authorities have called for special attention to parents in order to differentiate cases of enforced disappearances from those deliberately caused.

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