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The Momo Challenge and the Disturbing Content on Kids YouTube
TLDR The Momo Challenge, a disturbing internet challenge targeting children, has caused panic among parents despite limited evidence. Kids YouTube is filled with strange and potentially harmful videos, raising concerns about the lack of vetting and safety measures on the platform.
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The Momo Challenge, which involves a disturbing internet challenge daring children to do dangerous things, is causing panic among parents, despite the fact that there is little evidence to support the claims.
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Kids YouTube is filled with strange and junky videos, including ones featuring off-brand characters like Spider-Man and Elsa, and there is a lot of money to be made from attracting young subscribers to these videos.
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Videos on YouTube aimed at kids have included disturbing content such as real kids being bound and gagged, a kid getting stuffed into a washing machine, and instructions on how to harm oneself, leading to concerns about the lack of vetting and safety measures on the platform.
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The Momo challenge originated in Latin America and spread to the US through WhatsApp and social media platforms like Reddit and 4chan, possibly as a result of trolls intentionally spreading the rumor to parents on Facebook.
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Katie had questions about how robocalls spoof numbers and wanted more answers from the Robocall Bang Bang episode.
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Spoofing, or faking caller ID, is possible because of a flaw in the telephone system that was created decades ago, allowing anyone with software and an internet connection to call people from any number they want.
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It is easy for people to spoof phone numbers and make prank calls, but there is a project called "stir shaken" that aims to catch robo-callers by implementing a signature in phone calls, and major telephone companies have announced plans to put this in place in 2019.
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Auto-dialer software allows users to make mass phone calls, mark numbers based on human interaction, and call hundreds or thousands of numbers simultaneously.
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It is easy to spoof phone numbers and call people with software that can call hundreds of thousands of people simultaneously and try to outsmart humans.
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