Would your child go off with a stranger?
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Critics say the video is unnecessarily scaring parents
A social experiment about child abduction has been watched over 40 million times on YouTube and Facebook.
In the video, external, Joey Salads tries to lure children away from their parents using a cute puppy. He says he's sounding a warning about "stranger danger". But critics point out that few children are abducted by strangers, and that the video is unnecessarily scaring parents.
Reporter: Anne-Marie Tomchak, external
Video journalist: Neil Meads, external
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