Recently, a game called "Momo suicide game" on WhatsApp, a foreign communication software, has attracted global attention. This game is similar to the previously notorious "blue whale" suicide game. It will suddenly jump out of the screen and provoke you to participate in a challenge. At present, a 12-year-old girl has died and police believe it is related to the game.
What is' Momo '?
The head image used in 'Momo' is the image of a woman with exaggerated facial expression. It is taken from the work of Japanese artist Midori Hayashi, the female bird statue. The work was exhibited in an alternative exhibition at the vanilla Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan in 2016. At that time, 'Momo' was a popular exhibit.
The spread of 'Momo' mainly relies on WhatsApp and children's online game 'minecraft', which quickly spreads to the world.
Uidi, the police department investigating cybercrime in Mexico, said it started with a Facebook page. A netizen launched a challenge to call a strange number. Many users responded that after sending information to 'Momo', she would send back violent pictures. Others received threatening information, and even personal information was leaked.
'Momo' invites netizens to interact with unfamiliar numbers, some from Japan, some from Mexico.
12-year-old girls have committed suicide or been associated with 'Momo Games'
According to the Buenos Aires times, a 12-year-old girl in Argentina recently committed suicide in Ingeniero mashwitz. The cause of suicide is related to "Momo game".
Police are investigating whether she was encouraged to commit suicide and are looking for an 18-year-old boy who was in contact with her before she died.
Police said the girl's cell phone was hacked and she was asked to find videos to upload to social media, which is one of the challenges of "Momo game", and is now tracking the 18-year-old boy who exchanged information with her.
'Momo' challenges global proliferation, police warn
Earlier, Mexican police had issued a danger notice warning young people and their parents that 'Momo Games' would be life-threatening and not easy to try.
Mexican police alert netizens through Twitter not to participate
At present, the 'Momo' challenge is spreading all over the world. From the United States to France, from Argentina to Nepal, there are people participating in the challenge.
Spanish police also warned people on Twitter to pay more attention to the event and advised the public not to participate in it.
Spanish police issued a warning
The reporter saw on YouTube that many netizens recorded videos of challenging 'Momo Games' and got a large number of dissemination and watching, among which the most popular challenge videos have reached 3.36 million. At present, the number of new challenge videos released by netizens is still increasing.
At present, the WhatsApp challenge is related to several numbers, three of which are from Japan, with the phone code (+ 81), two from Colombia, with the code (+ 52), and one from Mexico, with the code (+ 57).
Experts call for attention to children's behavior and don't chat with strangers
Some netizens described Momo game as a kind of social attack, which is not necessarily true, but will cause harm through network harassment and bullying.
Some experts suggest that parents take measures to protect children, including paying close attention to their contact list to ensure that they will not chat with strangers, pay attention to the content they share on social networks, and use anti-virus software to filter out harassment information.
Commenting on the blue whale game, NSPCC said children should not be forced to do anything that makes them feel unsafe.
A spokesman said: 'it's hard for children to bear the pressure from their peers, but they have to know that they should refuse to participate in crazy activities that make them feel unsafe or afraid. Parents should teach their children that they can make their own choices and learn how to say no. '
'reassure children that they can still be accepted even if they don't go with the flow, which will help prevent them from doing something that hurts them or makes them uncomfortable. '
Extension: blue whale game
The blue whale game is a Russian death game. The players are between 10 and 14 years old, and they are totally obedient to the control and threat of the game organizers. The controller of the blue whale game sent challenge instructions and violent pictures to participants through SMS, and finally encouraged teenagers to self harm. 130 Russian teenagers have died of blue whale, and the game is expanding to the world.