Facebook game: Sick ’48-Hour Challenge' is encouraging kids to go missing
PARENTS' NIGHTMARE Sick ’48-Hour Challenge’ Facebook game
is encouraging kids to go missing
Children aged as young as 14 have been taking part in the
shocking challenge, with teens disappearing for days at a time
By Jasper Hamill 17th October 2017, 10:54 am Updated:
17th October 2017, 10:59 am
KIDS as young as 14 are going missing for days at a time
as part of a worrying new Facebook game called the "48-hour
challenge".
The shocking challenge invites children to hide from
their parents and loved ones for as long as possible, with participants awarded
a higher score every time they are mentioned on social media.
This means that kids are given points if their frantic
parents take to Facebook or Twitter to sound the alarm.
The latest "challenge" is very similar to the
"Game of 72" which shocked the nation in 2015 by tellings kids to
disappear for 24, 48 or even 72 hours.
One mum from Country Derry told Belfast Live that her
child left the local area and was found some 55 hours later in Ballymena, a
town in a totally different county.
“I was terrified they were dead or would be raped,
trafficked or killed," she said.
"But these kids just think it’s funny. There was not
even a moment of remorse when my child was taken into police custody and when
the police brought my child home, I could see posts of selfies from the police
car."
Earlier this year, parents were warned that Facebook may
never be able to fully protect users against exposure to horrific and violent
acts being streamed on its Live platform.
The social network was rocked by a string of brutal
murders, suicides and rapes that were broadcast online using its livestreaming
feature, which was launched in April 2016.
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