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Panic World — Are online "suicide games" real? (With Alex Goldman)
Not scored yet1h 27m·2025-01-29·Technology

Are online "suicide games" real? (With Alex Goldman)

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Momo and the Blue Whale Challenge are two trends that targeted young social media users, supposedly challenging them to an escalating series of dares. Were these viral “challenges” actually causing kids to kill themselves, or was it all a hoax? Alex Goldman joins us to trace the origins of these “suicide games,” as…

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