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Bullied girl's dad backs Ask.fm

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.

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Taking down Ask.FM 'a waste of time'

The father of Hannah Smith, the 14-year-old who committed suicide after being buillied online, has told Daybreak shutting down Ask.Fm would be "a waste of time".

However, David Smith felt Ask.Fm needed to be safer and raised concerns none of Hannah's online bullies had been brought forward by the website.

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