Blue Whale Suicide Game in Bangladesh

There’s an investigation in Russia about a social media game that is reportedly causing vulnerable teens to commit suicide that goes by the name of, “Blue Whale”.

The Blue Whale Game (Russian: Синий кит, translit. Siniy kit), also known as “Blue Whale Challenge”, is a 21st-century social network phenomenon that is claimed to exist in several countries, beginning in 2016. The game reportedly consists of a series of tasks assigned to players by administrators over a 50-day period, with the final challenge requiring the player to commit suicide.[1][2]

“Blue Whale” came to prominence in May 2016 through an article in Russian newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, that linked many unrelated child suicides to membership of group “F57” on the Russian-based VKontakte social network. A wave of moral panic swept Russia.[3] However the piece was later criticised for attempting to make a causal link where none existed, and none of the suicides was found to be as a result of the group activities.