They assure that Momo, the terrible viral challenge, has returned to circulate in social networks – 03/09/2019

Receives the name of "Momo Challenge" and the authorities have described it as "very dangerous". Now, British schools warn parents that this challenge might appear in the videos of Peppa Pig and Fornitemainly on YouTube.

This is a contest that was popularized last summer among the younger users of WhatsApp. Momo asks her participants to contact her and perform a series of tests, some of which are practices of self-injury. He was compared to the game of "Blue Whale", another game born in the network and linked to the death of at least 130 people.

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After alerting filtered videos on YouTube presented by Haslingden Elementary School in Rossendale, near Blackburn, the website said it had received no indication of the challenge posed by its space. However, the British school has warned parents in a statement on their Facebook page.

"We are increasingly aware of the existence of Very inappropriate videos that circulate online and are viewed by children throughout the school. These video clips appear on many social media sites and on YouTube. One of the videos begins innocently, as the beginning of an episode of Peppa Pig for example, but it quickly becomes a version altered with violence and vulgar language, "says the post.

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And they warn about the seriousness of the situation: "The examples we observed at school include the demand for children to turn on the gas or that they are looking for and taking pills. "The service Police of Northern Ireland Detective Sergeant Elaine McCormill said: "Although no official report has been submitted to the police, we are aware of the challenge called" Momo "and we have already contacted other police services. UK police to try to pin down the extent of the problem ".

Momo's profile has a face inspired by the clbadics of horror film of recent years. Eyes out of their sockets, a disturbing smile and long hair that accentuate the thinness of her face. National Online Safety also posted a tweet at the end of February advising parents on the safety of their children.

Source: The Vanguardia