In the recent period high interest was drawn to the game which has spreaded in the internet space under the name “Blue Whale” the victims of which are mostly under aged persons. The mentioned game is widely spread in Russia, Great Britain and in a number of European states. According to the game rules the player receives several dozens of instructions which may contain appeals to sustain self-injuries.
At the end of the game player is given the final instruction from the “master” and demands from the player to commit suicide which often results in heavy body injuries or death.
According to the information spread by the sources of mass media in the recent period the mentioned online game has become notoriously well-known to the Georgian public. Owning to the high public interest, Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched investigation on the fact of bringing to the point of suicide and Creation, Use or Circulation of Computer Damaging Program articles 115 and 285.
The main interest of the investigation is to determine if the mentioned game is anyhow related to the Georgian internet space.
In order to make crime prevention, the Ministry of Internal Affairs calls on Internet users to refrain from widely disseminating the information on the mentioned topic, which may in turn promote the popularization of the game in adolescents.
