The mother of two teenage daughters who died by suicide has called for the controversial ask.fm website to be shut down.

Controversial social media website ask.fm has said it will carry out a full and independent audit of the site and its safety features, following widespread criticism of its response to cyberbullying.

We all have a part to play in ensuring our young people are safe online, says Paul Gilligan

The founders of the website linked to the suicide of British teenager Hannah Smith, as well as two Irish girls, said they could reveal the names of anonymous bullies to the police.

The founders of controversial social networking site Ask.fm have rather hastily changed their public approach to cyberbullying after a major backlash has seen advertisers withdraw from the site.

The website linked to the suicide of British teenager Hannah Smith, as well as two Irish girls, is facing a backlash after several major companies decided to withdraw advertising from the site.

The father of a 14-year-old girl who killed herself after being bullied online said that criminal charges should be brought against the social networking site.

A father whose daughter took her own life after cyberbullying has pleaded for legislation to tackle the problem to no avail. We need to hit these sites where it hurts, he tells Claire O’Sullivan.

There has been renewed calls for the ban of website ask.fm - after the suicide of an English schoolgirl is being blamed on the site.

It has reported the sister of a 14-year-old British girl who killed herself after being bullied online is also being targeted by internet trolls.

The mother of two Irish teenagers who took their own lives has said the death of English girl Hannah Smith has forced her to relive the deaths of her two girls.

A website at the centre of a “cyberbullying” tragedy has described the death of a teenage girl as a “true tragedy” and vowed to work with police investigating the incident.

The father of a teenage girl who killed herself after being bullied online has called on the British Prime Minister to look at social networking websites where users can be anonymous to try to prevent another tragedy.

Detectives in Scotland were today questioning residents of a tower block where a grandmother was violently murdered in her home.