18/08/2017
Do NOT Try to Play It: The Gory World of the Blue Whale Challenge
A Blue Whale. A Quiet House. A Silent House. A Sea of Whales. Wake Me Up at 4:20 am.
No, I haven’t lost coherence. These are the various names of the Blue Whale Challenge, best described as an internet 'game’ wherein takers of the challenge are assigned a curator to guide them through and enforce 50 steps of self-harm – the last being killing yourself to win.
The Blue Whale Challenge originated and spread in Russia in 2013, and over 130 teen su***des have been reportedly linked to the challenge across the world. However, no concrete evidence linking the two has been found. And even though Russia claims to have done everything to curb this online menace and made arrests, perhaps it is too little, too late, since ‘phonies’ have now taken the place of the original curators to carry forward this trend.
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