Blue whale Game

BLUE WHALE GAME

Writer: Fatima Ehsan

The Blue Whale Game, also referred as the "Blue Whale Challenge," is a person shooter. This one is claimed to exist in a plethora of countries. consists of a series of tasks assigned to players by administrators over the duration of 50 days The final challenge necessitates the player committing suicide.

HISTORY OF BLUE WHALE

1. Blue Whale actually started in Russia in 2013 • With "F57," one of the names of the VKontakte social network's so-called "death group" Created by PHILIPP BUDEIKIN

2. MAN BEHIND THE GAME:

3. PHILIPP BUDEIKIN, a 21-year-old Russian expelled from his university, claimed to be the originator of the game. He stated that his main objective was to "clean" society by pushing those he deemed meaningless to commit suicide. Budeikin was arrested in May 2016 and sentenced to three years behind bars for inciting at least 16 teenage girls to attempt suicide by engaging in his Blue Whale social media game mania. When he was apprehended, he told officers that his teenage female victims were 'happy to die.'

4. The list of tasks to be completed in 50 days

1. Carve "f57" with a razor on your hand and upload a copy to the curator.

2. Get up at 4.20 a.m. and watch psychedelic and scary videos forwarded to you by the publisher.

3. Make three shallow cuts along your bloodstream with a razor and post a photo to the curator.

4. Draw a whale on a scrap of paper and electronic mail an image to the curator. etc

5. The final assignment is to face death.

REPORTED CASES

• Yulia Konstantinova, 15, and Veronika Volkova, 16, bled to death on Sunday after falling from the roof of a 14-story block of flats in Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk region. 
• A 14-year-old boy from Argentina's San Juan Province was conceded to critical care units after engaging in Blue Whale.
• The Indore class VII boy who attempted suicide in a deadly Blue Whale Challenge had written about all 50 stages of the game in his school diary.
• Pune boy on his way to closure of The Blue Whale Challenge was saved. A 14-year-old Solapur boy who left home to complete a task in the online game 'Blue Whale Challenge' was apprehended by police on his way to Pune.
• A Bengal Class 10 student's death had being investigated as a 'Blue Whale' suicide.
•  A boy in West Bengal allegedly committed suicide in order to meet the requirements of the online 50-day game, which has resulted in more than 100 deaths in China, the United States, and other countries.

BLUE WHALE RELATED CASES IN KERALA

• On July 26, a 16-year-old boy from Kerala hanged himself. His parents told police yesterday that they claims to believe their son attempted suicide in order to fulfill the atrocious Blue Whale Challenge.
• Savanth, a Kannur I.T.I student, passed away as a result of the Blue Whale game.

SUICIDE SPREE IN INDIA

• July 26, 2017 A 16-year old boy from
• Thiruvananthapuram Kerala. Manoj was found unresponsive in his room. He'd decided to commit suicide by strangling himself. In the months leading up to his suicide, he had discussed the Blue Whale Challenge with his mother and displayed signs of self-harm.
•  July 29, 2017 The death of Manpreet, a 14-year-old boy who apparently decided to jump off the terrace of his apartment house in Andheri, Mumbai, has raised concerns about the 'game.' The police were investigating his behavior on social media. 
• August 10, 2017 A student from Class 7 tried to jump off the third floor of his school building in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, allegedly to complete an online suicide dare. He was saved in the nick of time by the school’s PT coach.
•  August 12, 2017 A 15-year-old child Ankan was found dead in the bathroom of his home in west Midnapore, West Bengal. He had choked himself.
•  August 27, 2017 A 13-year-old class VI student in the town of Maudaha, Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh, hung himself after playing the Blue Whale game.

Reactions

• In response to the game, a designer and a publicity agent from So Paulo founded the Baleia Rosa (Pink Whale) movement, which is based on positive tasks that value life and combat distress.
• Blue Whale Challenge Links To Be Removed From Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Other Platforms The government has directed internet companies such as Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Microsoft, and Yahoo to remove all references to the dangerous online game Blue Whale Challenge, which has reportedly resulted in the deaths of children in India and other countries.

Deadly Games on the Net include:

• The Ice And Salt Challenge:

In this game players apply salt to their skin and then apply ice, culminating in frostbite - related to burns.

• The Deodorant Challenge:

Another self-harm game in which players compete to see who can tolerate the pain of a chemical burn the longest by splashing aerosol cans as close to the bare skin as possible.

• The Game of Choking

This game, designed to induce a "high" by restricting oxygen supply to the brain, is thought to have claimed several lives in the UK and US. The Passing Out Test Taking the 'choking game' to the next level, this challenge involves players strangling themselves until they pass out.

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