To wonder if Momo actually exists

[Mammylamb]

Have any of you actually seen it for yourself? Or is it an internet hoax?

I wrote ‘about it’ far too many times......

@Hellokittymania Momo is an art project by a Japanese design company. It's a statue of a woman's naked torso and head rested on bird legs with distorted facial features and long dark hair. The Momo meme only uses the face, it doesn't show the legs of the sculpture.

I think it was a hoax originally. I think the problem is that in a similar vein to the 'killer clown' thing a couple of years ago, whereas there was media hype about killer clowns which just seemed to encourage more people to dress up as them, it's almost advertised the idea to a few unpleasant people, who are now pretending to be Momo and perpetuate the myth.

@Frequency "Anyone who sends personal information to a picture of sculpture because it claims to have the ability to suck their blood/kill their family/curse them if they don't probably shouldn't be on the internet."

agree, but then again I'm amazed at how many people let their DC access the internet without any supervision.

@Grace212

Yes it is, just because its there is no "clearly" about anything, it was a meme initially that got blown up to a hoax which fueled the meme further.

A quote from an anonymous "police officer" is not evidence of hacking, the fact they have used the term hacking in such laymens terms can be written of as garbage

It’s fake, been floating around the internet a year or so.

This is the story I saw earlier that I posted about:

ttps://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-mum-terrified-after-momo-1406042

However there is nothing to show what video it came from etc even though she said she was watching peppa.

I personally think it's a load of rubbish.

Grace oh my god that is awful. I only found out about this today because somebody on Facebook was talking about it. But I didn’t really understand what it was. I’m glad I can’t see.

I wish the media and folks spreading anecdotes would stop using the term "hacker". Not only does that fuel panic, it's also a complete misrepresentation of what's really going on.

@mammylamb I grew up in Glasgow and remember the killer clowns! Our head teacher had to come out to the playground and tell us there were no clowns as there was mass panic!

The fact that the BBC misquoted the "officer" as well probably to make it sound more "official" doesn't help. The original post was even less convincing.

But it wouldn't have made for a click-raising story had they left it in original form.

The Peppa Pig/Momo connection appears to be two separate stories conflated into one. There is an issue with Peppa Pig vidoes on YouTube Kids. Some Peppa Pig videos not uploaded by the verified channel start out as normal Peppa Pig videos, have normal thumbnails and keywords but are actually violent, graphic cartoons uploaded by an idiot with too much time on their hands. As I said, You Tube Kids is not a kids app. You still need to supervise your kids and vet what they are watching. Make sure if they are watching things like Peppa Pig they are watching the legitmate, verified channel or watch the entire video with them.

People seem to be under the impression that simply because the police have issued some sort of statement, there must be something in it. The police are woefully lacking in technological literacy. Same with school heads, they see something on FB, or pick up on playground hysteria then get busy organising assemblies about it. They're part of the whole problem - not the solution.

I think its irresponsible of the BBC to had added that page tbh. It goes against what all the proper Online Safety sites are stating.

TBF the BBC are chasing cheap clicks along with along with all the other rage baiting articles from school media. Whats needed is a clear distinction on the BBC between factual news and the murky depths of commentary.

But as the Guardian is seeing their international reputation being tarnished by there CIF its a difficult point in future history on how they manage all this.

Has anyone seen the bollocks about the kid chopping her hair off yet?

I wish the media and folks spreading anecdotes would stop using the term "hacker". Not only does that fuel panic, it's also a complete misrepresentation of what's really going on.

Exactly, it's hysteria built on hysteria that is built on lack of knowledge and falling for the bait of what was a specific teenage meme.

If it makes some monitor internet usage though its a good thing, problem is that the outcry is not personal responsibility but more regulation. Those shouting for more regulation also overlap into disbelieving the slippery slope argument.

Here. Admittedly the guy is creepier than Momo with that mask.

Skip to 6 minutes and he shows a video of the Momo clip playing and then if you keep watching he shows the rather disturbing Peppa pig clip which I believe is where the confusion comes from. I can see why it scares the kids.

It is a complete hoax. Interesting that nobody has actually any documented evidence only “stories” of it happening which are likely copycat at best, kids using it to scare other kids.

The fact there is a modded content character in Fortnite is making people think it’s real, it really isn’t.

The best way to stop scaring kids is for parents and media not to hype this shit up. I had a very basic “if you hear of it, it’s a load of crap” conversation with DD9 a few days ago. Apparently one of her friends came in all upset about it today and her class ended up being really upset. Bless her, she decided her job was to make sure they all knew it was shit.

Teach your kids internet safety, but don’t buy into the scare tactics.

I notice so many of the stories about it are going back to the blue whale suicide thing, claiming Russian teens killed themselves because of it. The briefest of searches shows that there was absolutely no link between the two but tabloids are still trotting it out.

All I know is that my 10 year old daughter is freaked out and didn't want to go to bed because the school was talking about it.

It has really worried her.

If it's not a real threat why are the bbc reporting it and why are the police issuing guidance about it?

Which BBC and which police? The real ones or the ones you are reading about on the internet, posted by a gang in Moscow pretending to be a journalist in London pretending to be a schoolboy in Oregon?

www.snopes.com/news/2019/02/26/momo-challenge-suicide-game/

Has anyone seen the bollocks about the kid chopping her hair off yet?

Yes I did and I just rolled my eyes. I remember cutting my own hair off when I was unsupervised and found a pair of scissors at that age too.

It bloody terrifies me - I wish people would stop reporting on it as the face keeps popping up in the news / twitter / fb all the bloody time.

A police officer said Momo was clearly run by hackers who are looking for information"

so is that wrong as well?

MOMO is not a thing or a person or a group. It's a meme. Anyone can download the image and send it to someone with a message.

Anyone can download the image and insert it into a YouTube video which they then upload.

Anyone can send the image in an email and ask for your credit card details.

This is multiple people using this image for multiple reasons.