The police post intervenes with a page on Facebook "a social life" to stem the dangers of a very dangerous game, Blue Whale Challenge which until now has produced over 150 deaths among young people in Russia.
The challenge of the blue whale is a particular game if we can define it this way, that runs on social networks that involves the execution of daily missions for a period of 50 days that involve the character of young people submitting it to tests that are aimed at discouraging the subject in a path that will lead him to consider his life so useless, to lead him to try to end it. In this provocation game the young people are followed by a tutor who guides them to establish the tests to be carried out in a crescendo of distrust and loss of self-esteem to imitate, from the name of the game, whales that come to the beach destined to die . These tutors provide such raw and dangerous indications that an attentive subject should immediately confront friends and parents for the absurdity of the proposed requests, such as self-punishment, cuts, fractures, burns, etc. see horror and death films, perform tests that put life at risk and lose it, with the warning not to speak to any of the missions to be performed.
This idea was born from a psychology student who created a challenge for all the inhabitants of social media in Russia to reach Europe as well. But today Philipp Budeikin, the inventor of Blue Whale has been arrested and is in prison in St.Petersburg, from where he makes it known that the motivational drive for this game must be sought in a social purification: this game eliminates weak humans considered as waste. biological society, that is, those who would have caused damage to themselves or to others. The trick is to attract young people by inviting them to do very simple actions that give satisfaction to the people who do them such as helping out a stranger, making friends etc. up to hatred for one's life with listening to sad music, self-injuring up to hate oneself and finally groped a leap into the void.
Proof of this are the numerous deaths abroad of young species in Russia, while in Italy the budget is limited to dangerous situations with three boys who were saved in Pescara at the last minute, while an 15enne threw itself into the void in Livorno. Who knows, however, how many are now in the clutches of this deadly trap that seems to have a diabolical nature for the horrendous purposes it proposes.
Guard must be very high. At present, in Italy there are no known cases of death that are attributable to the "Blue Whale" phenomenon, while it seems that at least two thousand children are involved in the phenomenon in our country and this must lay serious bases on the safety in the use of social networks by users who are more exposed and with weaker temperament, also considering that statistically self-harm occurs more among older adolescents than among very young ones. Important consideration must be made on how young people spend their time there during the day, since most of it is dedicated to chats and to their electronic devices for long hours in a row, often with the loss of the real context of reference. What must not fail are the relationships of relationship and listening that can never be replaced by the use of the internet and cell phones from which one risks having a relationship of dependence.
Asking for help is never an act of weakness but a moment of difficulty that needs to be supported by a friend, a family member to deal with. Loneliness must always be avoided while living by cultivating healthy friendships is the best prevention that can exist, especially if one supports one another.
The State police, after numerous reports, set to work to identify those responsible on Italian territory and to sound the alarm on the phenomenon through important indications to follow, such as the search for family dialogue and the ability to report every element of novelty or doubt whenever you notice strange requests on social media.
If there are requests made via chat by tutors or other characters, no one forces us to execute them and there are no situations to be ashamed of because those on the other side have no relationship of trust with the user. Precisely in this case, a report must be made to the postal police or other law enforcement agencies promptly.
Anyone who knows people in this game should alert the police: lives can be saved! If you know any tutor of the game who orders to do harmful actions, there is no doubt, the complaint must be immediate. The same is true if someone has added you to some game group of the Blue whale or of any other nature that leads to doubts of any kind, it must all be reported immediately.
Family members must monitor their children in the use of mobile phones and the internet. On social media and if you notice suspicious compartments of your children or body injuries, or unusual nighttime awakenings you must call the police without hesitation. In such dangerous cases prudence is never too much: what is at stake is human life!
