There are a set of rules and challenges that are followed by the kids who play the blue whale challenge. People have been sharing these rules and regulations of the internet game online to spread awareness about the bizarre tasks and help elders to identify the symptoms of playing the game. Some of the tasks completed include watching scary videos that the curator sends and repeatedly cutting your arm with a blade. The Blue Whale game requires the person playing the game to wake up at 4.20 am every day and watch horror videos and movies and cutting yourself every single day. The last challenge on the list is to kill yourself (jumping off a building). The player takes pictures of completing all the tasks and sends it to the curator. Internet’s Suicide Game ‘Blue Whale challenge’ Rumored To Be Reason Behind Mumbai Teenager’s Death.
Blue Whale Game Rules & Facts: How to Identify the 50-day Challenge That Pushes Kids to Commit Suicide
Published: September 1, 2017 6:19 PM IST
| Edited by Aishwarya Krishnan
The Blue Whale game has been claiming the lives of several teenagers all over the world and has recently entered India. The 50-day internet challenge has already pushed several teenagers and young children into committing suicide, and the government of India has also issued an advisory on how parents can identify the game and protect their children from the game. There have been several versions of the Blue Whale Challenge rules that are circulating online, and people are having a tough time identifying the facts from the fiction about this game. There are a few easy steps that will help you identify the Blue Whale game. The Blue Whale Game, A Silent House, A Sea of Whale, Wake Me Up at 2.40am and other Internet Suicide Games officially banned by schools.
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The Blue Whale Challenge is a social media phenomenon that comes with a set of rules and regulations that the player needs to follow. The 50-day challenge pushed people into hurting themselves and ends with the children killing themselves in various ways. The Blue Whale challenge has already claimed the lives of several children in Mumbai, Pondicherry, and other Indian cities. Recently a video of a 9-year-old girl crying after being forced to play the Blue Whale Game went viral online and showed the dangerous and terrifying face of the online game. There are a few ways of identifying if people are falling victim to the blue whale game and helping them. Here is a set of rules and facts of the Blue Whale game that will help you identify the viral internet game. Blue Whale Challenge: 17-Year-Old Russian Girl, Alleged to be Mastermind of Suicidal Game, Arrested.
What is the Blue Whale Game
The Blue Whale Game is a social media phenomenon that is played by people joining secret chat rooms and is spread ongoing through social media. This product of the dark web asks the player to complete a said number of tasks in 50 days which includes causing self-harm and sometimes cutting the shape of a whale in the arm or some other body part with a blade. The challenge pushes people to commit suicide in different ways to finish the game and has caused many deaths in Russia, India and the UK.
Everything You Need To Know About The Blue Whale Challenge
The Blue Whale Challenge is an online phenomenon that entered the media spotlight for being a brutal ‘Suicide game’ among teenagers. According to reports in the media, the challenge was created in 2013 by a former psychology student named Philipp Budeikin who created it to “cleanse” society by pushing people to commit suicide who he deemed to have ‘little or no intellectual value’. Although Budeikin was arrested, charged and jailed in 2016, the game still continues to gain a following of individuals that have taken the promotion of the challenge into their own hands. Reports suggest that the Blue Whale Challenge has taken more than 100 lives around the world.
How does the Blue Whale Challenge work?
Because the challenge is almost myth based, an accurate description of the stages of the Blue Whale Challenge is very difficult. Online reports suggest that the ‘game’ starts by an individual finding a target online to convince them to play the ‘game’ (most often the targets are vulnerable or young people). They then assign one task per day to the victim, over the course of fifty days. The tasks reportedly range from watching horrific videos sent to them by the ‘administrator’, engraving or cutting a whale into their arm and finally, ‘voluntarily’ ending their life.
The combination of vulnerability of the victim, along with widespread media coverage of the Blue Whale Challenge means that people can become trapped by the belief that there will be severe repercussions for not fulfilling the orders of the ‘administrator’. When they start the challenge, the platform that they are using when introduced to the ‘game’ supposedly infects their mobile device or computer with malware and viruses, that the ‘administrator’ puts on there. The victims then believe that once this malware is active, the administrator has access to everything on the victim’s device or computer including personal information and photos. If they don’t want to play the game anymore or refuse to undertake in the challenges, the ‘administraor’ will threaten them and make it feel almost impossible for them to quit. Because most of the “players” of this despicable challenge are young and vulnerable people, they feel pressured into completing the challenge to the end – ending their own life.
If you are concerned or suspect that your child is participating in the Blue Whale Challenge, it is important that you act upon your concern in case your suspicions are correct. Some signs that your child may be taking part in the challenge could be sleep deprivation, checking their mobiles frequently, self-harming/wearing long sleeved, loose clothing to disguise self-harm or suddenly talking to strangers online. These are generic signs that aren’t exclusively linked to the Blue Whale Challenge but they could be. Cybersmile provides a Global Support Service for further help with the Blue Whale Challenge or any other online abuse related issues.
How to prevent the Blue Whale Challenge from affecting you
The ‘administrator’ supposedly “recruits” people through social media platforms and over the phone. There are ways to prevent them from getting in contact with you or gaining access to your personal information. You can change your privacy settings on most online accounts so only you or your close friends can see it. You can also make sure that you know everyone on your friends list – only accept friend requests from people you personally know and make sure you don’t accept phone calls from numbers you don’t recognize or are calling from a blocked/anonymous telephone number. On most of the major social media platforms, when anything related to this challenge is searched, support and help services are normally suggested.
If you have fallen victim to this ‘suicide game’ then firstly, you should stop playing or completing tasks given to you by the ‘administrator’ immediately. It’s important that you talk to someone you can trust – build a support network and also block and report anyone trying to make you complete tasks or participate in the challenge in any way. If they threaten to release personal information about you or people you care about, then contact your local authorities as this is a criminal offense in some states/countries and taken very seriously. If you are unsure of how to stop being part of the challenge, remember there are people that can help you. Cybersmile offer a Global Support Service that can offer you the help and support you need to get free of the Blue Whale Challenge (Cybersmile does not provide emergency suicide prevention, please contact your local Samaritans service or medical professional if you feel like you might harm yourself or somebody else).
The most important thing to remember is that, you are not alone. If you are taking part in the Blue Whale Challenge, you are not a failure and you are not trapped – YOU CAN STOP! With the help of the people around you, you will overcome this.
A huge thank you to Cybersmile contributor Amy for such an informative post. If you are affected by the Blue Whale Challenge or any other kind of online abuse – we can help! Visit our Cyberbullying and Online Abuse Help Center for practical help and tips or alternatively, you can use our Total Access Support section to find out about the various ways we can help you with your particular problem. To learn more about Cybersmile and the work we do, please explore the suggestions below.
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