Before banning Blue Whale challenge, we must understand what drives kids over the edge

Banning the game will not take away many psychological issues that young teens are susceptible to

Not knowing how to put the brakes on a spate of suicides among teenagers allegedly playing the game known as ‘Blue Whale’, Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani has said his government will create a law to ban it. Anything to keep parents and other community elders from having honest conversations with their children, eh?

‘Blue Whale’ is an online game built among others by Philipp Budeikin, a Russian student. The game requires players to commit to a series of tasks over a 50-day period, given to them by the game’s anonymous administrators at about one