"Blue whale" Group of death or illusion   games...

The blue whale (and also the "Quiet House", "Wake me up at 4:20", "Sea of ​​whales", "Milky Way", "F57", "Red Owl" and other names) is a Russian urban legend that originated in late 2016 - the beginning of 2017. Allegedly, the existing game, the final goal of which is committing suicide. The news of the existence of a game that drove adolescents to suicide was widely massacred by the media and caused moral panic among the population of Russia. In this case, the very fact of the existence of the game with the characteristic rules and attributes has not been confirmed so far [when?]. According to the media, in order to start a "game", users of social networks (in the vast majority - adolescents), write on their pages hashtags # bluekit, # yavigra, # blue, # tiikhdom. Then a "curator" is contacted with the users, who establishes contact with them. As a rule, "curators" use fake accounts registered, as often happens, with other people's names and surnames, that is, they can not be identified. First they explain the rules: "Do not tell anyone about this game," "always carry out tasks, whatever they are", "for failing to complete a task, you are expelled from the game forever and bad consequences await you" [1]. Then the "curator" issues tasks. Usually there are about 50 assignments: one for each day (reference to the novel Stace Kramer "50 days before my suicide"). Is it so dangerous game "Blue Whale", as many think In early February, the Ukrainian society stirred up news about the so-called deaths "Blue Whale" in social networks. Allegedly, adolescents are so amenable to the influence of unknown curators of a dangerous game that commit suicide. "Scotch" tried to figure out how serious the problem is and whether parents should be afraid for their children. Where did the Blue Whale come from?Many were very biased about the material in which the story of the creation of deadly public relations in social networks was expressed emotionally and biasedly, and unambiguous conclusions were drawn about the relationship of the "Blue Whale" and the increase in the number of suicides of adolescents in Russia. Whatever the case, the topic surfaced, one of the organizers of the Blue Whale group, Vkontakte, Philippe Lis, was arrested, criminal cases were opened. For a while the theme subsided. Nevertheless, already without their founders, the death groups continued to exist and grew like mushrooms after the rain. Actively the "Blue Whale" was spoken again in February 2017 after several attempts at suicide by teenagers. According to the Russian edition of Medusa, the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Internal Affairs drew attention to the "death groups". On February 17, four coordinators of the "death groups" were detained in North Ossetia. " In February, the investigative committee for the Moscow region opened a criminal case under the article "Bringing to suicide" in connection with the attempted suicide of two adolescent girls. According to the investigation, "unidentified persons through accounts in social networks exerted psychological pressure on girls, gave dangerous tasks to their health." "Blue Whale" in Ukraine In Ukraine, the "Blue Whale" began talking at almost the same time - the media reported on several incidents with teenagers.

So, on February 13, "New time" referring to the Ukrainian cyber police reported two deaths in Donetsk and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. Further on the growing news about the death groups began to appear almost every day: on February 15 in Kherson the police prevented the suicides of two 17-year-old girls. A similar incident with two teenagers occurred on February 19 in Kiev, the teenagers were still alive. In the city of Dubno in the Rivne region, the police identified a group of teenagers who played "deadly games." The last case, recorded by law enforcers, occurred in Lutsk - the child managed to save.Only during February 12, 13 thousand Ukrainian users in these groups were identified. Parents, alarmed by the news, began to contact the police and in those cases when the "Blue Whale" did not threaten their children. Three such cases were registered in the Lviv region.

In the latter cases, the children promised their parents to commit suicide, but the deadly groups were not involved here. How to play in the "Blue Whale", how serious the problem is and whether the parents should fear for their February 24,Blue Whale & raquo; for teenagers Is the Blue Whale game dangerous for teenagers? Is the Blue Whale game dangerous? As many people think In early February, the Ukrainian society stirred up news about the so-called deadly games "Blue Whale" in social networks. Allegedly, adolescents are so amenable