We don't like Momo
A six-year-old girl has described being targeted in the ‘Momo Challenge’ suicide game while watching Peppa Pig on YouTube Kids.bulging eyes and body of a chickenBre-Andria told her mother Brittany, 27, Momo is like an app and that you can call or text her. She added chillingly: ‘She could be in your dreams or she could kill you’.supports HTML5 video
Bre-Andria Roussell said that the character – with a woman’s head with bulging eyes and body of a chicken – appeared on her screenAdvertisement‘You’re going to text her if we could be friends and she will say: “Yes, we can be best friends.”‘I don’t do that app because I don’t want to get killed. I don’t want that to happen to me so make sure y’all stay safe, OK? ‘
Her mother, from New Orleans, Louisiana said she felt sick to her stomach about Momo and wants more parents to be aware of the disturbing challenge.Momo urges children to hurt themselves or even take their lives. Brittany has deleted the app from Bre-Andria’s tablet. She said: ‘She’s a very good child and listens so I don’t believe I will have the issue with her watching it behind my back.’
Giving advice to parents she said: ‘Ask your children about Momo, show the pictures and talk openly with them.According to the Parentzone website, the Momo Challenge is played over WhatsApp, with the Momo character asking would-be participants to contact ‘her’ and carry out a series of challenges – the final one being suicide.YouTube said it had not received any evidence of the challenge on its site.
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