New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that the infamous Blue Whale game is a national problem, while responding to a petition to ban the game of suicide.
The Supreme Court asked public service broadcasters, Doordarshan and other private channels to, create awareness about the game by spreading its hazards in their prime time program.
The Center told the Supreme Court in its reply that it has set up an expert committee to look into the issue and has registered a report within three weeks.
Earlier, the government told the Delhi High Court that due to the game of the Blue Whale Challenge, a committee of computer and other experts has been established to investigate the cases of suicide, which is linked to the death of many children worldwide.
The Blue Whale Challenge is reportedly a suicide game in which the player is given some tasks to complete the period of 50 days and the final task takes him or her to commit suicide. The player is asked to share the photo after completing each challenge.
It has been said in the report that all the six children across India in an age group of 12 to 19 years have reportedly taken their lives within two week intervals. The Adolescence has died from other countries, including Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Argentina, Bulgaria, Chile and Italy, PIL has said.
The government also said that it has issued guidelines for Internet companies such as Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo so that all the links in Blue Whale and similar games are immediately removed from their platforms.
The sudden popularity of deadly online games, in which the player needs to commit suicide in the final act, forced the government to issue instructions to the Internet firms to remove its links.
The Court takes serious view of the Blue Whale Challenge game, the Madras High Court on 4th September had asked the Center and the Tamil Nadu Government to explore the possibility of banning it.