Minister pledges to investigate website after deaths linked to cyber bullying

The Minister for Children says she will ask the Latvian authorities to investigate the safety standards used by the social networking website ask.fm.

Minister pledges to investigate website after deaths linked to cyber bullying

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said that she will ask Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore to request that Latvian authorities investigate the safety standards used by the social networking website ask.fm.

The website, which is registered in Latvia, is at the centre of controversy following the deaths of two teenage girls, who took their own lives amid claims they were being bullied online.

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