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14 Year Old Hangs Her Self Over Internet Trolls
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A teenager hanged herself after being tormented by anonymous trolls on a notorious social network linked to suicides.
Hannah Smith, 14, was found dead in her bedroom after cyber bullies on Ask.fm subjected her to shameful abuse, calling her ugly and suggesting she kill herself.
The question-and-answer site, open to users as young as 13, is facing a backlash after it was linked to the deaths of other teenagers.
Calls are growing for the site, based in Latvia, to be banned. Hannahs father suggested its creators should be charged with manslaughter.
Her death, the fourth connected to the site, comes amid controversy over trolling on Twitter which has seen high-profile women receive rape and bomb threats.
The day before she died, Hannah posted a moving picture message on Facebook reading: You think you want to die but in reality you just want to be saved. One troll suggested her uncle had deserved to die of cancer.
Responding to a message which called her ugly, she wrote: Yes i may be ugly but you obviously have an ugly personality to tell people to go die!
In response to a troll who suggested she should kill herself, Hannah replied: Wow, well for your information Ive tried committing suicide before, and yes, I know Im ugly no need to tell me.
At one point Hannah urged her tormentors to stop hiding behind their anonymity, posting: If you want to give me hate then either inbox me, say it to my face or come off anon.
Police were called to her home in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, where her body was found on Friday.
Hannahs father Dave, 44, wrote on Facebook: I have just seen the abuse my daughter got from people on Ask.fm and the fact that these people can be anonymous is wrong.
The person that created this website should be done for manslaughter. Any parents that have children please dont let them go on this site.
Ask.fm users must register an email address, name and date of birth but those posting messages can remain anonymous.
An Ask.fm spokesman said it could not respond at this moment because it was investigating the specifics of the tragic incident.
My opinion,
Social networking sites do not do enough to help people receiving threats, the report button, and getting banned on 1 account is not enough, but people do abuse the report button, and make police waste there time investigating,
She has obviously took it to heart to be driven over the edge,
Just because you are behind a keyboard does not mean you can bully
Hannah Smith, 14, was found dead in her bedroom after cyber bullies on Ask.fm subjected her to shameful abuse, calling her ugly and suggesting she kill herself.
The question-and-answer site, open to users as young as 13, is facing a backlash after it was linked to the deaths of other teenagers.
Calls are growing for the site, based in Latvia, to be banned. Hannahs father suggested its creators should be charged with manslaughter.
Her death, the fourth connected to the site, comes amid controversy over trolling on Twitter which has seen high-profile women receive rape and bomb threats.
The day before she died, Hannah posted a moving picture message on Facebook reading: You think you want to die but in reality you just want to be saved. One troll suggested her uncle had deserved to die of cancer.
Responding to a message which called her ugly, she wrote: Yes i may be ugly but you obviously have an ugly personality to tell people to go die!
In response to a troll who suggested she should kill herself, Hannah replied: Wow, well for your information Ive tried committing suicide before, and yes, I know Im ugly no need to tell me.
At one point Hannah urged her tormentors to stop hiding behind their anonymity, posting: If you want to give me hate then either inbox me, say it to my face or come off anon.
Police were called to her home in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, where her body was found on Friday.
Hannahs father Dave, 44, wrote on Facebook: I have just seen the abuse my daughter got from people on Ask.fm and the fact that these people can be anonymous is wrong.
The person that created this website should be done for manslaughter. Any parents that have children please dont let them go on this site.
Ask.fm users must register an email address, name and date of birth but those posting messages can remain anonymous.
An Ask.fm spokesman said it could not respond at this moment because it was investigating the specifics of the tragic incident.
My opinion,
Social networking sites do not do enough to help people receiving threats, the report button, and getting banned on 1 account is not enough, but people do abuse the report button, and make police waste there time investigating,
She has obviously took it to heart to be driven over the edge,
Just because you are behind a keyboard does not mean you can bully
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Wow.
I heard this on the news i think,i think its terrible and people should not do this
I heard this on the news i think,i think its terrible and people should not do this
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Bloody internet is a dangerous place.
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Shit happens. People die everyday. Life sucks. Move on.
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I could careless.. I don't see why people get hurt over comments on the internet.
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If you kill yourself over what someone says on the internet you have serious problems! So honestly I could careless..
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I've heard of this, I also use the site myself, but she also had the option to block the trolls or deactivate her account. I do feel very sorry for her parents.
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R.I.P to this girl and the people that bullied her need to go jump! :L
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How is the websites fault?
That the girl is insecure?
She shouldn't be on a site if she can't handle the outcomes.
That the girl is insecure?
She shouldn't be on a site if she can't handle the outcomes.
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That just shows how immature people are on the internet. Trolling is fun but to do it to a point were it makes a person commit suicide. That's sad.
R.I.P
R.I.P
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