Ker CM welcomes Centre's decision to regulate Blue Whale game

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today hailed the Centre's decision to regulate the 'Blue Whale Challenge' game and urged people to alert authorities about the existence of related links and hashtags in cyber space.
In a Facebook post, he also expressed happiness that the Centre had responded positively to his recent letter for banning the game.
"The state government is taking all possible steps in this regard. Effective interventions are being done through Kerala police's Cyber Cell and Cyberdome," he said.
Urging internet users to be vigilant against such dangers and take necessary precautions, Vijayan said people should be ready to report the presence of websites having dangerous and objectionable content.

Those who come across online groups, hashtags and links, which propagate such scary games, should bring it to the notice of authorities, he added.
Vijayan had on August 12 urged the Centre to take immediate steps to ban the Blue Whale game in the country "to save precious lives."
The Centre had directed Internet majors Google, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo to immediately remove links of the online game, which has led to suicides of children in India and other countries.