Momo 'challenge': Parents being sent warnings and MPs raise questions despite no confirmed cases of phenomenon

Parents are still being sent concerning warnings about the "Momo challenge", even as it becomes more and more clear their children are not in any obvious danger. In recent days, concern has spread across the UK and elsewhere that children are being targeted by "Momo" – a character associated with a horrifying image that is said to contact children and encourage them to take part in dangerous challenges. There have been no confirmed reports of any actual connection between the character and any of the behaviour it is said to encourage, such as self-harm. Though the image is now becoming widespread and people may be taking part in copycat campaigns, charities have warned that the concern over the image is probably doing more damage than the meme itself. Now the concern has spread so widely that an MP has asked the government what it intends to do about the image.