THE site on which Donegal schoolgirl Erin Gallagher was threatened before she took her own life has brought in new safety measures, it said.
Ask.fm said it would view all reports within 24 hours, make the report button more visible, and include bullying and harassment as a category for a report.
It said the changes would be live on the site by September.
The father of English girl Hannah Smith, 14, who is believed to have killed herself after she was bullied on the site, said he welcomed the changes.
“I think it’s too late, but it’s not too little,” Dave Smith said in an interview with the BBC. “They’re actually taking a step forward and they’re making things safer for children on the internet.”
Ask.fm said it would:
Hire more staff, including a safety officer, to moderate comments on the site
Create a “bullying/harassment” category for reported comments, alongside “spam or scam”, “hate speech”, “violence” and “pornographic content”
Raise the visibility of a function to opt out of receiving anonymous questions
Limit the number of features unregistered users were able to access, and require an email address upon sign-up for registered users
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