New internet challenge, '48-Hours Missing,' encourages kids to go missing for 48 hours

[doodles1211]

Police are warning the public about a concerning new teen challenge.

According to CBS New York, teens are apparently daring each other to disappear for two days in hopes their picture will show up on social media, as part of the "48-hours Missing Challenge."

"This could be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of," said Officer Simon Drobik, Albuquerque Police Department spokesman.

The challenge encourages teens to go missing and awards points for every social media mention while missing.

New internet challenge, '48-Hours Missing,' encourages kids to go missing for 48 hours

 

[Sweetsbeach]

Police are warning the public about a concerning new teen challenge.

According to CBS New York, teens are apparently daring each other to disappear for two days in hopes their picture will show up on social media, as part of the "48-hours Missing Challenge."

"This could be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of," said Officer Simon Drobik, Albuquerque Police Department spokesman.

The challenge encourages teens to go missing and awards points for every social media mention while missing.

New internet challenge, '48-Hours Missing,' encourages kids to go missing for 48 hours

This challenge is brought to you by the makers of Tide pod challenge. When we say this is the stupidest thing we've ever heard of, they say hold my beer.

 

[doodles1211]

This challenge is brought to you by the makers of Tide pod challenge. When we say this is the stupidest thing we've ever heard of, they say hold my beer.

They are slow getting this info out there. I heard of this a few months ago, when kids were hiding in stores over night. Hoping kids come to their senses, before thousand of dollars and man hours are used in finding the little pranksters.

 

[mickey2942]

How about "48 hours missing from the internet"? Now, that would be a good idea.

 

[borndem]

Police Warn Of Dangers Of New ’48 Hours Missing Challenge’ For Teens

February 12, 2019 at 6:57 am
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — First there was the Tide Pod Challenge, then the Bird Box Challenge, now the newest viral challenge has law enforcement and parents extremely concerned.

The 48-hours Missing Challenge is exactly what it sounds like. Teens apparently dare each other to disappear for two days in hopes their picture will show up on social media.

Police Warn Of Dangers Of New ’48 Hours Missing Challenge’ For Teens

 

[borndem]

February 12, 2019 at 6:57 am
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — First there was the Tide Pod Challenge, then the Bird Box Challenge, now the newest viral challenge has law enforcement and parents extremely concerned.

The 48-hours Missing Challenge is exactly what it sounds like. Teens apparently dare each other to disappear for two days in hopes their picture will show up on social media.

Police Warn Of Dangers Of New ’48 Hours Missing Challenge’ For Teens

 

[borndem]

Police are warning the public about a concerning new teen challenge.

According to CBS New York, teens are apparently daring each other to disappear for two days in hopes their picture will show up on social media, as part of the "48-hours Missing Challenge."

"This could be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of," said Officer Simon Drobik, Albuquerque Police Department spokesman.

The challenge encourages teens to go missing and awards points for every social media mention while missing.

New internet challenge, '48-Hours Missing,' encourages kids to go missing for 48 hours

IMHO, if a teen is found to be participating in this "lark" he/she should be charged a misdemeanor of some sort and go through all that such an offense incurs.

And if it were my teenager, things at home would be tough for a while. ("My teenager" has grown up to be in his 30's, happily!)

 

[SJ16321]

How about "48 hours missing from the internet"? Now, that would be a good idea.

or 48 hours community service for anyone idiotic enough to try this challenge.

 

[pintogermane]

Does anyone have a link documenting that this activity has in fact ever taken place?

 

[Kahli]

Well this brings the selfie generation to a whole new level.

 

[borndem]

How about "48 hours missing from the internet"? Now, that would be a good idea.

Better still -- if found to be participating, how about 48 hours (or however long they were hiding) in jail?

 

[angelainwi]

Does anyone have a link documenting that this activity has in fact ever taken place?

We had a 14 year old do it in our town. I am in a suburb of Milwaukee.

 

[borndem]

Does anyone have a link documenting that this activity has in fact ever taken place?

Good question -- I'd like to know, too, and I would like to know if charges were pressed and what the punishment was.

 

[angelainwi]

Good question -- I'd like to know, too, and I would like to know if charges were pressed and what the punishment was.

I am not aware of any charges being filed against the teenager here

 

[borndem]

Welcome to Websleuths, pintogermane !!

and

Welcome to Websleuths, Kahli !!​

 

[YaYa_521]

Police warn parents of '48-Hour Challenge', which encourages kids to go missing

...new challenge for teens that is circulating Facebook, the 48-hour challenge.

It encourages teens to go missing for up to two days at a time and awards points for every social media mention while they’re missing.

Police say it is not only dangerous but could also tie them up while there are real emergencies.

Police say anyone caught participating in the 48-hour challenge could face charges.

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This was a rumor for a while. Sadly, it's true.

 

[YaYa_521]

Police are warning the public about a concerning new teen challenge.

According to CBS New York, teens are apparently daring each other to disappear for two days in hopes their picture will show up on social media, as part of the "48-hours Missing Challenge."

"This could be the stupidest thing I've ever heard of," said Officer Simon Drobik, Albuquerque Police Department spokesman.

The challenge encourages teens to go missing and awards points for every social media mention while missing.

New internet challenge, '48-Hours Missing,' encourages kids to go missing for 48 hours

Thanks, Doodles.

 

[MarziPanda]

Colour me skeptical. Usually when the media reports 'challenges' like this, they don't really exist. It's a case of one or two teens doing something dumb and then someone on social media making up that they did it because of some 'challenge' that's been going around and that loads of kids have done it. In reality, it's usually the case that these kids are unrelated and did something stupid for different reasons, and that no such challenge exists. And the media reporting on the challenge only makes it more well known, and only then do kids end up actually doing the challenge.

A more serious example would be the 'Blue Whale challenge' in Russia. It was reported that there was an internet challenge that involved 100 tasks, one a day, which ended with suicide. But when BBC reporters investigated further, they found that there was no such challenge and that the hundreds of young suicides that had been attributed to it were just... unrelated suicides.

The lack of any specific examples in these media reports leads me to think that it's probably not really a thing. I remember when I was a bit younger (I'm 23 now) and my dad would occasionally annoy me with 'you're not thinking of doing the X challenge are you' and I'd have to explain that no, I wasn't, because nobody was.

 

[DarkDefender67]

And I thought the tide pod challenge was bad.

 

[wfaygo]

Police issue new warnings about '48-hour Challenge' as Facebook 'game' resurfaces | Daily Mail Online

• Police say that whether or not the social media challenge is a hoax, they have to respond to missing persons cases with the same resources