Tag: Momo

Momo Continues to Inspire Nightmares in SNL Spoof

We recently posted about the Momo Challenge, an online hoax that had parents concerned over the safety of their children. The Japanese yokai sculpture that inspired it has since been destroyed due to the nature of its construction, but its reverberating effect on meme culture …Read more »

Japanese Sculpture Behind the Momo Internet Hoax Has Been Destroyed

March 4, 2019

Joseph Luster

If you’ve been online recently, you’ve no doubt heard rumblings about the Momo hoax, which purports that children have been taking part in a dangerous viral game called the “Momo Challenge.” According to a bunch of overblown news story panic, the challenge had Momo messages …Read more »