![]() ![]() The Momo Challenge will be used as a plot device in an upcoming teen horror film called Gateway, produced by Emagine Content, November 11th Pictures, SorenFilms Productions and Lady of the Light Productions. Nicola Harteveld (who said her son was targeted by the challenge) and clinical psychologist Anna Colton warned on ITV's daytime TV show This Morning not to search for Momo online, and advised parents to be aware of their children's activity online. Nevertheless, authorities and the media issued online safety precautions. The parent who alerted the press to the Momo Challenge subsequently said her child had not received messages from 'Momo', but was merely told about it in a school playground conversation. Responding to tabloid coverage which asserted the challenge to be true, the NSPCC, the Samaritans, and the UK Safer Internet Centre have issued statements that the Momo Challenge is a hoax. British authorities say the challenge is being used by cybercriminals to gain personal identity information. Reports on and awareness of the alleged challenge rose in February 2019 after the Police Service of Northern Ireland issued a public warning. In the United Kingdom, some school administrations relayed warnings about the phenomenon. The Odisha Police, while issuing an advisory, are asking the media to refrain from publishing unconfirmed reports linking teen death to the Momo Challenge. Police have not confirmed any role the Momo Challenge might have played in the death of a girl in grade 10 who committed suicide after leaving a note expressing discouragement with low grades or the suicide of an engineering student in Chennai. ![]() The Mumbai police had previously started to warn the population, although no complaints were filed. After being alerted by a youth who received a Momo Challenge invitation, police in West Bengal issued a warning, and the cybercrime unit has opened an investigation. A CID spokesperson stated that 'so far, the game has not claimed any victim, nor has anyone approached us saying they have played even the first level of it.' The CID statement follows weeks of news coverage about unconfirmed cases. CID believes most of the large volume of Momo Challenge invitations in India originate locally as pranks sent to spread panic. In India, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in West Bengal indicated on August 29, 2018, that claims reported in the media about the death of two teens being linked to the Momo Challenge were 'far fetched and devoid of any evidence'. ![]()
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