What is the Blue Whale ?
What is the Blue Whale ? The Blue Whale challenge ends in suicide. You are forced to kill yourself, under the threat that if you don’t, the game’s developers will kill your family. You probably already know that the Blue Whale game presents a 50-ish-day series of challenges. These start out simple, like waking up at a certain time during the night and things like that. But later they start to get more complicated and disturbing. In a few of the challenges you are forced to cut yourself—carving a specific number and, later, a blue whale image into your skin using a knife. The thing is, you can’t back out. This game is an app that, once downloaded, hacks your phone and steals tons of sensitive information. If you ever try to quit the game, it will tell you that you’re not allowed to stop or your family will be killed or other terrible things. During later challenges, you’ll be forced to have a conversation with a Blue Whale developer. Later you’ll be told to stand precar...