The father of Hannah Smith, who committed suicide after being bullied on the Ask.fm website, has described the site's new cybersafety measures as "a good thing". But child protection charities said more needs to be done to stop online bullying.
The company at the centre of a cyber-bullying controversy has said the death of 14-year-old Hannah Smith is a "true tragedy", but insisted that the social networking site encourages users and their parents to report any incidences of abuse.
A spokesperson for ask.fm said:
The father of Hannah Smith, who committed suicide after being bullied on the Ask.fm website welcomes the site's new cybersafety measures.
Major organisations have withdrawn adverts on social networking site ask.fm following the suicide of teenager Hannah Smith.
Maybe it's time we all had a reality check, to look up from our screens, lose the masks we all wear online, and look at each other.