A girl of 13 also from Ireland killed herself and left a note about it where she mentioned being bullied and harassed on ask.fm. What is even sadder is that her older sister who was 15 years old also committed suicide because she could not cope with living without her young sister. She also left a note for her mother where she said that negative things happen for good reasons and she hoped that they will see each other soon.
These alleged ask.fm suicide stories show that young girls and boys are not protected even when they are at home. Since the youngsters these days are in front of their computers and smartphones almost all the time, it is easy for them to get involved in cyber bullying, and in the case of it becoming too real, bullying stories are easily turning into suicide stories.
Statistics show that 42% of young people have been bullied online and one in four of them have suffered from it more than once. There are also 35% of kids who have been threatened that something bad will happen to them while online and 53% say that they have said hurtful things to other kids online.