Overall:
- 40% of adults endure cyber harassment
Bystanders:
- 60% of internet users said they had witnessed someone being called offensive names
- 53% had seen efforts to purposefully embarrass someone
- 25% had seen someone being physically threatened
- 24% witnessed someone being harassed for a sustained period of time
- 19% said they witnessed someone being sexually harassed
- 18% said they had seen someone be stalked
Victims:
- 27% of internet users have been called offensive names
- 22% have had someone try to purposefully embarrass them
- 8% have been physically threatened
- 8% have been stalked
- 7% have been harassed for a sustained period
- 6% have been sexually harassed
Bully Hangouts:
- 66% of internet users who have experienced online harassment said their most recent incident occurred on a social networking site or app
- 22% mentioned the comments section of a website
- 16% said online gaming
- 16% said in a personal email account
- 10% mentioned a discussion site such as reddit
- 6% said on an online dating website or app
Bully Hangouts by Age & Gender:
- Women and young adults will most likely be bullied on social media websites
- Men will most likely be bullied via online gaming
Victim Response to Online Harassment:
- 60% ignored their most recent incident
- 40% responded to their most recent incident. Amongst those who responded:
- 47% confronted the person online
- 44% unfriended or blocked the person responsible
- 22% reported the person responsible to the website or online service
- 18% discussed the problem online to draw support for themselves
- 13% changed their username or deleted their profile
- 10% withdrew from an online forum
- 8% stopped attending certain offline events or places
- 5% reported the problem to law enforcement
Notation: Those with severe harassment experiences (stalking, physical threats, harassment sustained over time, and/or sexual harassment) were more likely to take multiple steps in response to their latest incident than those who had experienced less severe harassment (name-calling and embarrassment.)
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