LUCKNOW: Over 10% of urban school kids in India use internet to play online games which makes them significantly vulnerable to the Blue Whale Challenge Blue whale challenge is not a game. While most children use net for multiple purposes, 10% were logging on to play online games. This makes them vulnerable to the risk of blue whale challenge." In Digital India, addiction to virtual mediums are no surprise," he said.Talking about the blue whale challenge, he said, "People who enjoy challenges slowly get addicted to it. Adding more, State Mental Health Programme faculty Prof SC Tewari, said, "I have learnt that Blue Whale Challenge begins with simpler tasks and the complexity increases after 15 odd stages (depending on the personality of the person).

Source: Times of India September 08, 2017 16:30 UTC