Google’s Trends, which analyses and collates the most popular search words or phrases, reveals that more and more people from India are searching for the Blue Whale game in the past 12 months. According to the report, the most searched keywords – a term used to describe words or phrases – include “blue whale challenge”, “blue whale game challenge”, “blue whale challenge game download” and “blue whale online challenge game download”. While Manipur and Nagaland are among the top states to search for the “Blue Whale Challenge” keyword, Assam is on top for the “Blue Whale game challenge” search. Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and Tamil Nadu are the top three states to search for “blue whale challenge game download”, the data said. The minister’s letter came days after the government directed Google, Facebook, WhatsApp and other internet firms to take down links promoting Blue Whale Challenge.

Source: Hindustan Times September 01, 2017 10:41 UTC