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Kenya: Blue Whale Game Banned After Teen's Apparent Suicide
Nation, 9 May 2017
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has banned the online game "Blue Whale Challenge", which has been linked to a teen's suicide in Nairobi. Read more »
The Kenya Film Classification Board has written to Google and Facebook to block the Blue Whale online game, which is said to feature a series of traumatising tasks that culminate in suicide. The game has been linked in the media to teen suicides in Russia - but fact -checking website Snopes says the claims are unproven.
Kenya Film Classification Board chief executive Ezekiel Mutua.
The Kenya Film Classification Board has banned the online game "Blue Whale Challenge", which is said to be linked to a teen's suicide in Nairobi. see more »
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