Momo Challenge sliding into kid shows on YouTube: Report

San Francisco: The infamous “Momo Challenge”, which usually culminates with self-harm or suicide of the player, is reportedly hacking into children’s programmes on Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube.

Videos of popular kid shows like Peppa Pig on YouTube have been showing the creepy “Momo Challenge” character girl popping up in the middle of the episodes asking children to hurt others and themselves, Manchester Evening News reported on Tuesday.

Screenshots of YouTube videos invaded by the game all of a sudden are going viral on social networking platforms including Facebook, escalating both awareness as well as concerns.

A form of cyber bullying that spreads through social media and smartphones, the “Momo Challenge” much like the “Blue Whale Challenge” entices users to contact a user named “Momo” after which they receive graphic threats from the questionable account and are instructed to perform a series of dangerous tasks. (IANS)

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