Website linked to suicides moves HQ to Ireland

The website linked to the suicides of two Irish schoolgirls in 2012 is moving its headquarters from Latvia to Ireland.

Website linked to suicides moves HQ to Ireland

Ask.fm’s move comes after it was acquired by Ask.com in August. Ask.fm was criticised following the deaths of Ciara Pugsley, 15, from Co Leitrim, and Erin Gallagher, 13, from Co Donegal, who took their lives after being subjected to anonymous bullying.

In the wake of the death of another child, British schoolgirl Hannah Smith, who was urged by online bullies to cut herself and drink bleach, the website initiated a safety audit.

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