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Mother warns of MoMo 'suicide game' after her son, eight, was urged to stab himself in neck with kitchen knife #SaveChildrensLives

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A worried mother has urged parents to protect their children from the dangers of an online 'suicide game' after her son was told to hold a knife to his neck by a disturbing cartoon.  


 

Lyn Dixon's eight-year-old son is one of the latest child to become ensnared by the Momo Challenge, a game which is played on WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and other online platforms, and encourages children to self-harm.

 

The eerie game is synonymous with the face of a girl with long, black hair and big bug-like eyes staring straight through the lens.

 


Japanese special effects firm Link Factory created the bizarre character, but said it is not involved in the online suicide game, which has sparked worldwide concern. 

 

Ms Dixon said her young boy became frightened of the dark and was scared to be alone after Momo appeared on YouTube videos he was watching.

 

The mother, from Edinburgh, said the game encourages children to harm themselves. 

 

 


She said: 'He showed me an image of the face on my phone and said that she had told him to go into the kitchen drawer and take out a knife and put it into his neck.

 

'We've told him it's a load of rubbish and there are bad people out there who do bad things but it's frightening, really frightening.'

 


The challenge encourages children to take steps, progressively hurting and isolating themselves from the world, where they are eventually told to kill themselves by an anonymous controller who plots their demise.

 

Ms Dixon added: 'It started with him not wanting to go upstairs on his own because it was dark up there.

 

'He was terrified and wouldn't sleep in his own bed and then we got to the bottom of it and we explained it wasn't real.'

 


Recently, the evil game has been linked with the death of a 12-year-old girl from Argentina.     

 

A French father filed a complaint with the State Department in November, after his son took his own life.

 

And the Belgian Public Prosecutor's Office reported in November 2018 that a 13-year-old boy had been the victim of the 'Momo Challenge' and hanged himself. 

 

Ms Dixon and her husband told their son's school of the concerns, prompting a talk about internet safety.

 

But her son was scared for months after being exposed to the challenge and Lyn was worried when he told her he had seen it again recently.

 

After another mum shared a post on a Scottish Facebook group last week, scores of parents commented that their children had been exposed to the challenge.

 


The original poster tells how her niece was told to 'sacrifice' herself for her brother.

 

Ms Dixon added: 'It's a big fear, that we can't always control what he's exposed to on the internet.

 

'You read these stories about children committing suicide and we all know how difficult life is now with the pressures on children.

 

'Social media is a massive part of that. It's horrific and we've got no control over it.

 

'There are controls on the phone but it doesn't go to the degree I would like it to because it's what you can't see that's the worry.'

 

A spokesman for NSPCC Scotland said: 'The constantly evolving digital world means a steady influx of new apps and games and can be hard for parents to keep track of.

 

'That's why it's important for parents to talk regularly with children about these apps and games and the potential risks they can be exposed to.

 

'The NSPCC publishes advice and guidance for parents on discussing online safety with their children, as well as Net Aware - the UK's only parental guide to social media and gaming apps.'




 


 

protect your little siblings/little cousins/niece and children

 

Please be aware of this app!

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momo still exists??? imstupid.png

 

 

So whats it? Some kind of chain message? Or video add? Or some kind of virus? I didnt get it.

 

 It was really popular here in my country, here you could get "momo number" to send text to Momo, people warned about a suicide game related to it but, from what I know, the game was fake.

 

During that time my brother was talking about it non stop so I searched about it, they basicaly used a scary japanese statue and made up a story to it.

 

here is it

 

qb8e1kz9wb.jpg

 

It's a statue in Vanilla Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo 

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momo still exists??? imstupid.png

 

 

 

 It was really popular here in my country, here you could get "momo number" to send text to Momo, people warned about a suicide game related to it but, from what I know, it was fake.

 

During that time my brother was talking about it non stop so I searched about it, they basicaly used a scary japanese statue and made up a story to it.

 

in my country they even made a whole chapter for it in one of the most popular tv shows (it's awful and the chapter as well lmao) but it has been months since it, i thought it had disappeared.

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as far as i know is just an image of a creepy creature. i'll put it in the spoiler.

 

sensitive content in the spoiler 

 

_102683976_momo.jpg

 

 

I opened it thinking I could handle it 

OMG that was scary and disturbing

Please people don't be curious and click open, it's not worth it

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as far as i know is just an image of a creepy creature. i'll put it in the spoiler.

 

sensitive content in the spoiler 

 

_102683976_momo.jpg

 

 

 

 

momo still exists??? imstupid.png

 

 

 

 It was really popular here in my country, here you could get "momo number" to send text to Momo, people warned about a suicide game related to it but, from what I know, the game was fake.

 

During that time my brother was talking about it non stop so I searched about it, they basicaly used a scary japanese statue and made up a story to it.

 

here is it

 

qb8e1kz9wb.jpg

 

It's a statue in Vanilla Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo 

 

 

Thank you for info. I can perfectly see how it can creep out 8yo kid. 

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Ugh. Articles like this makes me wonder why some people are so fucked up. There are people who actually created this “game†to hurt children. Evidently, it’s becoming more and more important for kids to learn about online safety.

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Parents should do their best to insure their young ones are not online without supervision. There are way too many wackos, pervs, and malcontents who want to do nothing but harm children. They're the worst kind of scum on the planet.

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as far as i know is just an image of a creepy creature. i'll put it in the spoiler.

 

sensitive content in the spoiler 

 

_102683976_momo.jpg

 

 

holy fucking shit that is creepy.

it's 4am here.... fuck,,, haha i shouldn't have opened this

i didn't think one image could creep me out so much. ._. this is actually worse than zalgo

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