Drop in usage of Ask.fm website welcomed by Childrens Minister

12fitz~1 shanerinThe Children’s Minister has welcomed a drop in the use of the controversial website ask dot fm.
A survey by the Irish anti-bullying service Bully4u showed that of the 40 per cent of nine to 12-year-olds that had used the site, only 8 per cent were still using it.
The website came in for huge criticism after the tragic suicides of Erin and Shannon Gallagher were linked to bullying on the site.
Frances Fitzgerald says the drop in use is good:

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