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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.

, 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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