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Tieng Anh Vui
Social networking site Ask.fm has announced changes to make its site safer in the wake of recent online bullying cases.
It 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 some of the changes would be live on the site by September.
The news has been welcomed by one child safety campaigner, but he said there were still questions to be answered.
Hannah Smith, 14, was found hanged at her home in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, on 2 August.
She is thought to have killed herself after being bullied on the website.
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
John Carr, secretary of the British Children Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety, who is an adviser to the UK government on child safety, said: "The number of moderators they employ will be crucial as well as how fast they can be trained.
"But the measures they've announced definitely show they got the message and are moving in the right direction."
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