Disclaimer: This article discusses suicide and may seem painful to some readers.
Parents in the United Kingdom and the United States are warned that their children are being targeted after the online "suicide game" Momo appeared in the YouTube Kids videos.
They said the clips appeared in the middle of seemingly innocent videos from the Peppa Pig children's cartoon, or the Fortnite video game.
The character of "Momo" – the scary face of a doll – interrupts the show and threatens the viewer to get in touch with him. a number on WhatsApp.
In some cases, the unpleasant video says that children will be "killed in their sleep" if they do not contact "Momo".
Once the child is connected, the shadows hidden behind the "Momo" account can send what they like to the child on WhatsApp.
The Momo Challenge has been badociated with more than 100 deaths of teens and children
Police believe hackers are using the game "attract attention" to obtain information on social network users.
This week, British schools posted warnings on their websites and social media accounts. Hundreds of concerned parents made contact with him.
The Lancashire Haslingden Elementary School warned that children's videos were being stuck, reported The Mirror.
"We are more and more aware that very inappropriate videos are circulating online and are being watched by school kids," the school's Facebook post
"These video clips appear on many sites of social media and YouTube (including Kids YouTube).