Website linked to suicides soars in popularity

A social networking site linked to the suicides of two teenagers now has more than three times the number of users it had prior to the tragic deaths.

Internet safety experts have renewed warnings about Ask.fm, a Latvian- based website, after it boasted last week that it now has 50m registered users worldwide — making it one of the world’s most popular social networks.

The site is a questions and answers service and allows anyone to ask questions of other users anonymously. Much of its content contains bullying, sexualised, and derogatory remarks.