Highlights 1 The Blue Whale Challenge reportedly consists of 50 tasks2 It has been banned by the government3 Many have complained of having data stolen after downloading fake gamesToo much curiosity about the Blue Whale Challenge may kill your phone. "The Blue Whale Challenge has become a taking point in the past couple of months. This has made everyone curious and people have started searching for it online," he said. The ministry of electronics and information technology had directed Internet giants Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo to immediately remove the links of the online game. Social networking giant Instagram and Facebook have come up with measures where a user is directed to a help page when they search for hashtags related to the Blue Whale Challenge.

Source: India Today September 27, 2017 23:26 UTC