Whale Finder

SUMMARY

The Blue Whale Challenge, also known as the "suicide" game, is a dangerous game propagating on the internet, and prompts users to indulge in various self-harm causing tasks that must be completed within a duration of 50 days. The tasks include watching scary videos at odd hours in the morning, listening to psychedelic music, inflicting cuts on various parts of the body and ultimately, committing suicide. These tasks are usually administered by a "curator" who uses social media to contact potential players. Users expressing their willingness to play by using hashtags such as "#i_am_whale" and "#curatorfindme" to garner the attention of curator.
This research intends to find users who post about the deadly Blue Whale Challenge and remove/hide posts relating to the challenge from the Twitter feed of susceptible users.

The latest version of Whale Finder is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 2 active users. The initial version was launched on 2018-05-10.

HOW TO INSTALL Whale Finder FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download Whale Finder CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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