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VIDEO: Social networking site linked to teen suicides moves to Ireland

The Foreign Affairs minister says he's "concerned" over plans by social networking site Ask.fm to...
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10.35 4 Nov 2014


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VIDEO: Social networking site linked to teen suicides moves to Ireland

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10.35 4 Nov 2014


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The Foreign Affairs minister says he's "concerned" over plans by social networking site Ask.fm to move to Ireland.

The Latvian-based site is planning to move to Ireland in the coming months, as part of a takeover by Ask.com.

The site has been regularly linked to cyberbullying in Ireland, and has been cited as a factor in the suicides of at least two young girls.

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On his Twitter page, minister Charlie Flanagan said the news was "a matter of concern" and he intended to raise it at today's cabinet meeting.

Jonathan Pugsley, the father of a teenage girl who took her own life after being bullied on the site, said that he was really disappointed about the move to Ireland.

"I can't believe that Ireland as a nation is prepared to accept the presence of these sort of companies here," he told the Irish Independent.

"This is a website which allows people to write whatever they want about whoever they wish online and protect the identity of those posting vile and horrible comments.

"You have to ask the question: Is this jobs at any cost? Where is Ireland's moral barometer?"

Our reporter Zara King spoke to people on the streets today about the issue of cyberbullying:


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