NEW DELHI: The Centre nowadays instructed the Supreme Court (SC) that it isn't conceivable to block on-line video games just like the 'Blue Whale Challenge' as they aren't app-based video games.
The SC then directed the manager secretary of all States to unfold awareness among scholars about the probably deadly sport.
The 'Blue Whale Challenge' won notoriety when news broke that it was allegedly responsible for the deaths of over 130 youngsters in Russia.
The best court docket had sought the government's reaction on a plea in the hunt for to firewall such violent video games. The government's reaction came days after the apex court docket in October asked it to arrange a panel of mavens to block life-threatening on-line video games. The plea was filed by an activist and advocate Sneha Kalita, ahead of a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
The 'Blue Whale Challenge' was termed a 'suicide sport'. It manipulated impressionable youngsters to complete a chain of challenges, like taking note of 'dark songs' and self-harming, and ultimately persuaded them to dedicate suicide.
Terming the 'Blue Whale Challenge' a "national problem", the SC had earlier directed state-run Doordarshan and private television channels to help create awareness about the deadly sport, by telecasting the risks of the game of their high time programmes.
The SC then directed the manager secretary of all States to unfold awareness among scholars about the probably deadly sport.
The 'Blue Whale Challenge' won notoriety when news broke that it was allegedly responsible for the deaths of over 130 youngsters in Russia.
The best court docket had sought the government's reaction on a plea in the hunt for to firewall such violent video games. The government's reaction came days after the apex court docket in October asked it to arrange a panel of mavens to block life-threatening on-line video games. The plea was filed by an activist and advocate Sneha Kalita, ahead of a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
The 'Blue Whale Challenge' was termed a 'suicide sport'. It manipulated impressionable youngsters to complete a chain of challenges, like taking note of 'dark songs' and self-harming, and ultimately persuaded them to dedicate suicide.
Terming the 'Blue Whale Challenge' a "national problem", the SC had earlier directed state-run Doordarshan and private television channels to help create awareness about the deadly sport, by telecasting the risks of the game of their high time programmes.
'Can't ban app-based games like Blue Whale', Centre tells Supreme Court
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