Technology cannot curb Blue Whale challenge, only intervention can

The government's admission that it is hard to set up technological blocks for the Blue Whale Challenge, the online game that lures youngsters to partake in a number of challenges leading up to them taking their lives, is not an admission of failure.

It is a fact.

Globally, efforts to curb online piracy through cyber watchdogs have succeeded only in bits and pieces, despite billions of dollars being spent by companies and governments to curb the menace. The Blue Whale Challenge is not a technological problem, it's a societal one.

Unlike online games or mobile apps, where a user has