Is Blue Whale for Real?
Moneylife Digital Team 16 October 2017
The Blue Whale online game, driving youngsters to suicide, has been widely discussed by the media in the past few months. The government has also directed major social media giants to disable any links providing access to the suicidal trap game. The deadly game reportedly assigns nearly 50 tasks to those who play it, which include physically harming themselves (providing evidence of it) before moving on to the next level. The final task involves suicide. Advocate Mahendra Limaye, who has been crusading relentlessly against cyber-fraud and lack of cyber-literacy, has an interesting question. He asks why the media has failed to provide a fact-based follow-up of the cases of Blue Whale-driven suicides reported by them. Advocate Limaye is, probably, the first to question why the entire digital footprint of this game has even been reported by the police and suspects that the hue and cry about the game itself may be false or exaggerated. 
 
He further says, “The game is not available on any website nor are its links available on any popular social media sites like Facebook, WhatsApp or Twitter. Nor do any search engines like Google and Yahoo have any traces of links leading to Blue Whale game.” Even the Russian social networking site VK, which was blamed for facilitating access to the Blue Whale game, does not have any notable presence in India, he says. In fact, he wonders if the game even exists, since it has never been reported to the cyber-crime helpline that he runs. Is this another big hoax that has been played on the media? What does it say about those reporting this Blue Whale game? Will anyone provide evidence to contradict advocate Limaye’s charge? 
 
Comments
Deepak J Bhatti
9 years ago
The question has crossed my mind several times. Is it like the braid chopper?
Or the Kala Bandar?
The blue whale is within some of us.
The court orders will not be of any use!
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