‘Blue Whale Challenge’: Twisted Frenzy That Claimed At Least 17 Young Lives

The macabre ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ took the lives of many teenagers and young people between 2015 and 2017 in many countries including India.

Blue Whale Challenge started somewhere around 2016 and claimed the lives of many teenagers and young adults/Representational Image

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In the year 2017, a disturbing online phenomenon emerged and gained international notoriety, culminating in the death of many youngsters, some of them as young as 12 years old. Purportedly originating in Russia around 2016, the so-called "game" known as the Blue Whale Challenge consisted of a series of tasks assigned to participants by administrators over 50 days. The challenge would end in the participant being urged to end their life. The challenge targeted vulnerable youths, exploiting their