Four in ten Internet users in the United States have experienced online harassment and 53% reported witnessing this problem, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Of this percentage, 25% are women aged between 18 and 24 years. The study also showed that 26% of these young people were persecuted in the web, and 25% experienced some form of sexual harassment.
The cases of harassment have ranged from mild (as insults) to harassment and physical threats, second job Pew Research Center
-. We know from previous research that people can be very kind and very cruel online -., said the study’s leader, Maeve Duggan
– It was impressive to see how these different varieties of persecution impact different groups on different platforms and the kind of reactions that generate -. added
From users consulted, 27% said they had been insulted, 22% were victims of someone who tried to purposely embarrass them, and 8% were physically harassed or threatened. Six percent said they had experienced sexual harassment.
Meanwhile, 53% said they were aware of the harassment suffered by others. The most vulnerable to be victims of this type of online behavior are youth 18 to 19 years (65%)
The harassment has an emotional cost to victims, scientists say:. Says that a third of them these attacks are “extremely” or “very” disturbing and 15% said they had shaken his reputation.
This was the first survey by the Pew Institute on the topic. Was based on an online consultation and e-mail with 3,217 adults and has a margin of error of 2.4 percentage points.
* with Donna AFP
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