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A tragic teenager killed herself after being relentlessly bullied by online trolls, her devastated father claimed.
Hannah Smith, 14, was subjected to dozens of sickening messages on the popular Ask.fm website - with some telling her to go and die.
The schoolgirl was upset that severe eczema she suffered as a young child had returned and went online for support.
But instead anonymous users on the site - popular with millions of young British teens - bombarded her with abuse.
Hannah was found hanged by her 16-year-old sister in her bedroom at their family home in Lutterworth, Leics, last Friday.
Detectives are investigating her tragic death and took away her laptop and mobile phone at the weekend.
Her distraught father, David Smith, 45, said Ask.fm is to blame for his daughters death and is calling for the site to be shut down.
Writing on Facebook last Friday, he said: "just to let all my friends know my youngest daughter took her own life last night.
"rest in peace my baby and you will never be forgotten xxxxxxx"
The following day, he added: "thank you to those who have said sorry for your loss, thank you for the flowers ouitside (sic) my house, thank you for cards put through my door, thank you for following my posts.
"my heart is broken in 2 and is gonna take along time to repair i just hope that none of you have to go through the pain im goin (sic) through rite now and love u all."
Ask.fm is a three-year-old Q&A app that has almost 60 million users worldwide - half of them under 18 - and is adding members at a rate of 200,000 a day.
Based in Latvia, it allows users to create profiles so that anyone - not just members - can ask them questions or post messages.
But because the majority of questions are asked by anonymous users, there is no comeback for online trolls.
The website has been linked to a string of teen suicides both in the US and Europe in recent months.
Like many teens, Hannah - who was preparing to start her GCSEs - used Ask.fm to air her problems, which included self-harming.
A month before her death Hannah was bombarded with abuse after talking about her self-harming on Ask.fm.
Among the comments posted anonymously were u ugly f**k go die evry1 wuld be happy, go comit suicide and do us all a favour n kill ur self.
Others said go die, go cut ur self n die, go die u pathetic emo and Die due die due die due.
Hannahs devastated friends went onto social networking sites following her death to express their anger at the trolls.
One Twitter user, @pennymaexx, wrote: Bullies actually make my skin crawl!! rip hannah smith x
Another pal tweeted: Absolutely lost for words as to what I woke up to this morning. RIP Hannah Smith. Noone deserves to die that young.
And @Swagger_jagger1 posted: If you know someone is being bullied tell someone responsible.
"A 14-year-old called Hannah Smith committed suicide yesterday. She was bullied.
What do you think of this-should Ask FM be banned?
Source-http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/schoolgirl-14-hangs-herself-after-2128742
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Hannah Smith, 14, was subjected to dozens of sickening messages on the popular Ask.fm website - with some telling her to go and die.
The schoolgirl was upset that severe eczema she suffered as a young child had returned and went online for support.
But instead anonymous users on the site - popular with millions of young British teens - bombarded her with abuse.
Hannah was found hanged by her 16-year-old sister in her bedroom at their family home in Lutterworth, Leics, last Friday.
Detectives are investigating her tragic death and took away her laptop and mobile phone at the weekend.
Her distraught father, David Smith, 45, said Ask.fm is to blame for his daughters death and is calling for the site to be shut down.
Writing on Facebook last Friday, he said: "just to let all my friends know my youngest daughter took her own life last night.
"rest in peace my baby and you will never be forgotten xxxxxxx"
The following day, he added: "thank you to those who have said sorry for your loss, thank you for the flowers ouitside (sic) my house, thank you for cards put through my door, thank you for following my posts.
"my heart is broken in 2 and is gonna take along time to repair i just hope that none of you have to go through the pain im goin (sic) through rite now and love u all."
Ask.fm is a three-year-old Q&A app that has almost 60 million users worldwide - half of them under 18 - and is adding members at a rate of 200,000 a day.
Based in Latvia, it allows users to create profiles so that anyone - not just members - can ask them questions or post messages.
But because the majority of questions are asked by anonymous users, there is no comeback for online trolls.
The website has been linked to a string of teen suicides both in the US and Europe in recent months.
Like many teens, Hannah - who was preparing to start her GCSEs - used Ask.fm to air her problems, which included self-harming.
A month before her death Hannah was bombarded with abuse after talking about her self-harming on Ask.fm.
Among the comments posted anonymously were u ugly f**k go die evry1 wuld be happy, go comit suicide and do us all a favour n kill ur self.
Others said go die, go cut ur self n die, go die u pathetic emo and Die due die due die due.
Hannahs devastated friends went onto social networking sites following her death to express their anger at the trolls.
One Twitter user, @pennymaexx, wrote: Bullies actually make my skin crawl!! rip hannah smith x
Another pal tweeted: Absolutely lost for words as to what I woke up to this morning. RIP Hannah Smith. Noone deserves to die that young.
And @Swagger_jagger1 posted: If you know someone is being bullied tell someone responsible.
"A 14-year-old called Hannah Smith committed suicide yesterday. She was bullied.
What do you think of this-should Ask FM be banned?
Source-http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/schoolgirl-14-hangs-herself-after-2128742
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People take things too too far.
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Do you have a source for this? Also that is horrible. I will be making a post about bulling very soon!
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Why do they go to that extent. I would move or tell the cops. I heard they will arrest someone who bullies
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What a sad story, may she R.I.P. Thoughts go to her family...
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I know bullying is a horrible feeling, but I don't think taking your life away is the right thing to do.
Sometimes when I get bullied I pray to god that he would help me. God has always helped me through the pain.
I don't think people should be taking their lifes away. I think they should pray and look up too God!
Sometimes when I get bullied I pray to god that he would help me. God has always helped me through the pain.
I don't think people should be taking their lifes away. I think they should pray and look up too God!
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R.I.P Hannah Smith you're in a better place now <3
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This is a really serious thing. All I can say is RIP.
I never take offence to what people say on the internet, but I guess it can really effect some people.
I never take offence to what people say on the internet, but I guess it can really effect some people.
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I think its totally vile that some people would say anonymous messages to people and then they take there own lives R.I.P Hannah Smith<3
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