Jul 17, 2017 · These challenges have ranged from eating a whole spoonful of cinnamon, a duct tape challenge, the choking game, to the latest deodorant challenge where teens burn themselves with aerosol deodorant. A frightening new challenge has found its way into our lives with scary, sometimes fatal, results.

The Blue Whale Challenge creates an area where vulnerable, isolated or depressed children and teenagers may visit and can be exploited and controlled. Furthermore it creates new opportunities for predators to target victims on social media.

Blue Whale Challenge is a dare-based suicide game released in Russia in 2013. It includes a series of 50 tasks that the participant must complete over a period of 50 days (see Figure 1).

The Blue Whale Challenge is a series of self-harm causing tasks that are propagated via online social media under the disguise of a "game." The list of tasks must be completed in a duration...

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.

The Blue Whale Challenge (also sometimes called the “Blue Whale suicide game”) purportedly involves a “master” or “curator” on social media giving a set of 50 daily tasks to a player, who is usually between the ages of 10 and 14. These tasks range from activities like watching a horror movie to committing self-harm.

Here is a recently published article about the Blue Whale Challenge, from Cyberbullying.org, that may provide some more helpful context around the app and specific rumors associated with it: http://cyberbullying.org/blue-whale-challenge.

What is ‘Blue Whale Challenge’? The Blue Whale Challenge is today's newest suicide game, conducted primarily through social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The game lasts for a total of 50 days, presenting the "player" with daily tasks. The game starts out as between the administrator (Healer) and

Information briefing for Professionals on Blue Whale Challenge The challenge, which is named after the blue whale, first appeared online in 2016 and encourages children and young people to undergo a series of 50 challenges that culminate in them taking their own lives. 2. How are the challenges given? Challenges/Tasks are given online

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