In response to growing concerns over bullying, officials at Ask.fm—the Latvian-based social network that lets users ask each other questions either by video or text—have taken steps to prevent ...

(Toledo News Now) - There's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram -- just to name a few social media websites that are really popular right now. Most parents have familiarized themselves with these, but ...

On Jan. 10, 2014, 14-year-old Matthew Homyk, from the Cleveland Suburb of Brunswick, Ohio, killed himself. The news came tragically but only somewhat unexpectedly to Matthew’s father Ray Homyk. His ...

Lynelle Cantwell was sitting in math class when she learned about the poll. "Who are the ugliest girls in Grade 12 at [Holy Trinity Regional High]?" someone had posted anonymously on ask.fm, a website ...

Ask.fm is one of the Internet’s biggest social networks. It also happens to be one of the least understood. Since its founding in 2010, the site has grown to 120 million registered users around the ...

Ask.fm, a social network startup built around a Q&A format which has a predominantly teenage user-base, has announced changes to its safety policy after completing an internal audit of its procedures.

SAN FRANCISCO — On Ask.fm, millions of American teens talk about their hookups, struggles to get good grades and wild weekend parties with no parents or adults to peer over their shoulders. Some also ...

Ask.fm, the Latvian startup that’s been left carrying the personal Q&A torch after its inspiration, Formspring, pivoted to pastures new, is continuing to grow at an absolute clip. It’s now at 65 ...

Ask.fm has told Newsbeat it understands anonymity can cause "problems and issues" for users. It also defended allowing people to hide their identity. In an exclusive interview, the site's director of ...

Jennifer Van Grove covered the social beat for CNET. She loves Boo the dog, CrossFit, and eating vegan. Her jokes are often in poor taste, but her articles are not. Spy on Ask.fm's public stream and ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. Teens bullied through an ...

Popular with kids, and — until recently — obscure to many adults, Ask.fm is a Latvia-based social networking site where members interact by inviting others to ask anonymous questions. Though the site ...