BLUE WHALE GAME

WHAT IS BLUE WHALE GAME ?

• The Blue Whale Game also "Blue Whale Challenge“ is an internet

game.
• That is claimed to exist in several countries
• Consists of a series of tasks assigned to players by
administrators during a 50-day period
• Final challenge requiring the player to commit suicide
HISTORY OF BLUE WHALE
• Blue Whale began in Russia in 2013

• With "F57", one of the names of the

so-called "death group" of
the VKontakte social network

• Created by PHILIPP BUDEIKIN

 MAN BEHIND THE GAME

• PHILIPP BUDEIKIN
• 21-year-old Russian
• a former psychology student
who was expelled from his
university, claimed that he
invented the game
He stated that his purpose was to "clean" the society by pushing to
suicide those he deemed as having no value
Budeikin was arrested in May 2016 and was
sentenced to three years in prison
 He was held on charges of
inciting at least 16
schoolgirls to kill themselves
by taking part in his Blue
Whale social media game
craze

When he was arrested he told the investigators that he

thinks his young female victims were 'happy to die'.
Game
structure
Blue Whale Challenge is not a game that can be downloaded
easily through Google Play or App store

The players receive invitations to enlist in the game through social

networking groups
The game is based on the relationship
between the challengers (also called players
or participants) and the administrators
It involves a series of duties
given by the administrators
that players must complete
one per day
The list of tasks, to be completed
in 50 days

1. Carve with a razor “f57” on your hand, send a photo to

the curator.
2. Wake up at 4.20 a.m. and watch psychedelic and scary
videos that curator sends you.
3. Cut your arm with a razor along your veins, but not too
deep, only 3 cuts, send a photo to the curator.
4. Draw a whale on a sheet of paper, send a photo to
curator. etc
Final task is to commit suicide
REPORTED CASES
Two school girls Yulia Konstantinova, 15, and
Veronika Volkova, 16, fell to their deaths on Sunday
from the roof of a 14 storey apartment block in
Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk region

Yulia Veronika Volkova

Konstantinova
In San Juan Province, Argentina, a
14-year-old boy was admitted to
intensive care after participating in
Blue Whale
BLUE WHALE RELATED CASES
IN INDIA
Mumbai teenager suicide: No proof he played
‘blue whale suicide challenge’, say police
The deceased, Manpreet Singh, a Class IX student at Bombay Cambridge
School in JB Nagar, Andheri East, allegedly leaped to death at 5.10 pm on
Saturday evening from the terrace of a seven-floor building.
Blue Whale Challenge: Indore boy noted
tasks in school diary before trying to kill self
The class VII boy from Indore, who tried to commit suicide in a
deadly Blue Whale Challenge had been writing about the whole
50 stages of the game in his school diary.
Pune boy on way to finish 'Blue Whale'
challenge rescued

A 14-year-old boy from Solapur, who left home to complete a task

given to him in the online game 'Blue Whale Challenge', was
rescued by the police on his way to Pune.
Bengal Class 10 Student Death Suspected
As 'Blue Whale' Suicide
A boy in West Bengal allegedly committed suicide to meet
the conditions of the online 50-day game which has been
responsible for more than 100 deaths in China, United
States and other nations.
BLUE WHALE RELATED
CASES IN KERALA
Kerala teen hangs himself to complete Blue Whale
Challenge; mother reveals chilling details
A 16-year-old boy from Kerala hanged himself on July 26. His mother informed police
yesterday that she now suspects her son took his own life to complete the infamous Blue
Whale Challenge.
In Kannur I.T.I student Savanth’s death
was related to Blue whale game
Reactions
• In Brazil, in response to the game, a designer and a
publicity agent from São Paulo created a movement
called Baleia Rosa (Pink Whale)

• The movement is based on positive tasks that value

life and combat depression
Facebook, WhatsApp,
Instagram Etc Told To Remove
Blue Whale Challenge Links
The government has directed internet majors --
Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Microsoft
and Yahoo -- to immediately remove the links of
dangerous online game Blue Whale Challenge, which
has reportedly led to deaths of children in India and
other countries.
Conclussion
• Banning is not practical, deeper
psychological issues need to be addressed

• Parents need to ensure gadget hygiene