'Momo Challenge' Hoax Is Putting Children at Risk The Momo challenge is a reoccurring<br />viral hoax that's once again risen to the spotlight. The Momo character<br />itself is actually a sculpture created<br />by Keisuke Aisawa on display at the Vanilla<br />Gallery in Japan. The videos supposedly<br />feature the ominous character<br />instructing kids to commit suicide. YouTube denies the existence<br />of these videos on their platform. Google,<br />via statement While the original videos may not be real,<br />the publicity surrounding Momo is an emerging issue. People are ironically creating<br />videos because of the trend<br />and using Momo to control younger,<br />easily-impressionable children. Although there aren’t any deaths<br />linked to the challenge, there are<br />scattered reports of kids being<br />manipulated into harming themselves.
