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Write a status online about being a whale. Overcome a fear. Get up at 4:20 and go to the roof. Carve a whale on the person’s own hand. Watch scary videos all day. Listen to music the “curator” sends. Cut your lip. Poke the person’s own arm/hand with a needle. Make yourself hurt or sick. Go to a roof and stand on the edge. Stand on a bridge.
The "Blue Whale challenge" was reported to be an online "suicide game" aimed at teenagers which set 50 tasks over 50 days. The challenge was alleged to be linked to numerous deaths around the...
Blue Whale" (Russian: Си́ний кит, romanized: Siniy kit), also known as the "Blue Whale Challenge", is a social network phenomenon dating from 2016 that is claimed to exist in several countries.
On May 14, 2017 an episode of the satirical Italian TV program Le Iene (or “Reservoir Dogs” in English) aired a report dedicated to the ‘Blue Whale game’ (or ‘challenge’), a type of online game...
Players are supposedly told to download an app which is the game itself – there are conspiracies that once the app is downloaded, it cannot be deleted and because it’s downloaded from the internet, it contains malware viruses which can hack personal data and steal information about the players.
The Blue Whale Challenge is not an application that can be downloaded to your smart devices. It works purely based on the personal interaction between the curator and the victim. The message that ...
The Blue Whale Challenge is an example of how modern constructs like social media can glorify self-harm and suicide, thereby perpetuating an age-old problem like suicide contagion. Young people are particularly vulnerable.
US media reports claimed The Blue Whale Challenge was responsible for the death of two teenagers including 15-year-old Isaiah Gonzalez, whose parents spoke out about the game after they found he had live-streamed his suicide on his smartphone.
Texas parents are grieving the death of their 15-year-old son after he committed suicide after allegedly taking part in the deadly “Blue Whale Challenge,” a sinister online game that is...
A “suicide game” presented in an app sounds like an urban legend or something from a horror flick, but unfortunately the “Blue Whale Challenge” is real.