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Anyone who has trawled through an internet forum will have seen how anonymity can change people. What happens when young people are thrown into the mix?
Contributed to her anguish. one is ask fm started latvia. its website boasts more than 100 million users worldwide. when news of her death went viral, it says the company deleted her page making it impossible for law enforcement to see what was said the night she died. >> they deleted everything, her whole entire page. >> to this day, you don't know what was said to her? >> i have idea what was said to her. >> in just over a year, there have been more than a dozen news reports around the world linking suicides to bullying onsk fm. all of them were teenagers. >> they're saying we don't care if ...
Conduits for would be online tormentors. but what happens when the most hurtful kids say to each other suddenly disappear? mobile apps like snapchat and sites like ask fm have come under scrutiny for allegedly contributing to the suicide of some teens. but ask fm's founders tell "time" magazine they're the ones being bullied by the media. as sarah gangnam shows us, when the hateful messages evaporate into cyberpolice, the reality of parents trying to piece together what happened without any trace gets more complicated. >> tricia norman thought she was being a consciencious mom, keeping tabs on...
Next mean thing to be said. >> reporter: now that school is on lockdown electronically. responding to complaints, the creators of yik-yak use gps coordinates to prevent the app from being used on school grounds, protecting almost 85% of all middle and high schools in the country, an unprecedented step. but those kinds of measures aren't being taken by everyone. 15-year-old jamie bushey says she has been bullied, mercilessly on ask fm. >> it could have been my best friend and i have no idea. >> reporter: in an e-mail, ask fm told us, users can report abusive content and also block offensive use...
Rebecca found her way back online. she wanted to see what was going on in her world >> there were bullies that weer tormenting her to her death. >> she had accounts on askfm and ki kik. we hate you so much. >> it is unclear why she snapped. she revealed portions of her journal and police reports. early accept she climbed the tower she could see and jumped. >> the two arrests we made last night -- >> sheriff arrests two of the girls that had been bullying her online. and she killed herself but i