SC asks government to firewall games like Blue Whale
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New Delhi, October 14: The Government’s response has been sought by the Supreme Court on a plea seeking to firewall virtual games like Blue Whale. Blue Whale has led to a lot of suicides among young adults and teens in the country.
Court has asked the Centre government to constitute an experts committee to create such firewalls. A firewall prevents unauthorised access to or from a private network by controlling incoming and outgoing traffic.
Also, the bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud has restrained all high courts from entertaining such plea. The top court is already hearing a plea filed by a 73-year-old man from Tamil Nadu seeking a ban on the dangerous online game.
The Blue Whale game has claimed over 250 lives all over the world. In the past months, several suicides have reported across India because of the deadly online game which challenges players to commit suicide as a task.