In February 2019, 11-year-old CJ Bautista killed himself and when his mother checked his phone, she found messages from a classmate and recent online searches about a “suicide game” called the Momo Challenge.
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References:
- https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/4/8/DICT-Momo-challenge.html
- https://coconuts.co/manila/news/11-year-old-boy-dies-allegedly-online-challenge/
- https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/17/health/blue-whale-suicide-game/index.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale_Challenge
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_Challenge_hoax
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- https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/3003805/blue-whale-suicide-game-challenge-deaths-uk/
- https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/1/18244890/momo-youtube-news-hoax-demonetization-comments-kids
- https://www.vox.com/2019/3/3/18248783/momo-challenge-hoax-explained
- https://www.wort.lu/de/lokales/momo-challenge-kein-fall-in-luxemburg-5be1c22d182b657ad3b98ef8?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgwDVufQWk&bpctr=1612192570
- Khattar, Abhinav & Dabas, Karan & Gupta, Kshitij & Chopra, Shaan & Kumaraguru, Ponnurangam. (2018). White or Blue, the Whale gets its Vengeance: A Social Media Analysis of the Blue Whale Challenge. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322568365_White_or_Blue_the_Whale_gets_its_Vengeance_A_Social_Media_Analysis_of_the_Blue_Whale_Challenge
- Markiewitz, Antonia & Kobilke, Lara. (2019). The Momo Challenge: A Mixed-Method Approach on How Suicidal Games on YouTube May Cause Harm to Adolescents. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332037741_The_Momo_Challenge_A_Mixed-Method_Approach_on_How_Suicidal_Games_on_YouTube_May_Cause_Harm_to_Adolescents
- ReignBot’s YouTube video “Explaining The Momo Situation”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jLuF0OQZ-g&bpctr=1611852887
Music: “This House” and “Echoes of Time v2” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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