A terrifying new phenomenon is sweeping the internet and endangering the lives of innocent children everywhere.
Except that no, it isn’t.
It’s called the Momo Challenge. It is primarily aimed at small children, who are convinced by YouTube videos (sometimes spliced into the middle of a Peppa pig video) or by WhatsApp messages to do a number of tasks, each one becoming more dangerous than the last one.
Police departments have issued dire warnings to parents about it — even though there’s been no evidence it’s actually happening.
This culminates in Momo encouraging the child to commit suicide. This has caused several reported deaths of children worldwide.
“Reported,” sure — the same way that uncle of yours whose beliefs you can’t stand is always re-posting misinformation in the form of memes on Facebook.
Parents are encouraged to monitor their children’s online activities more closely.
Nothing wrong with that, but they’d better monitor their own “activities” too. We have a bumper crop of misinformation out there lately, thanks to Jupiter square Neptune.
UPDATE: It turns out the Momo Challenge doesn’t actually exist. It’s an Urban Legend that gained traction simply because it seemed somewhat plausible.
Just you watch: someone’s going to start doing it for REAL now. Freakin’ Jupiter square Neptune.
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