41 Percent of Adults In the US Have Been Harassed Online, Says Pew Study (techcrunch.com)

According to a new Pew Research Center study, 41 percent of adults said they have experienced harassment online, and 66 percent of people said they've seen it happen to others. What's the most common form of online harassment? According to the study, it's offensive name-calling. TechCrunch reports: It's worth noting that while men are slightly more likely than women to be harassed online (44 percent versus 37 percent), women are more likely to be sexually harassed online. For example, 53 percent of women surveyed reported receiving explicit images they did not request. Unsurprisingly, social media is where people are most likely to experience online harassment, with 58 percent of those harassed saying the most recent incident happened on a social media platform. Also unsurprising is the fact that more than half of people harassed don't know the person harassing them. Pew also explored "emergent" forms of online harassment, like doxing (posting someone's personal information online without consent), trolling (intentionally trying to provoke or upset someone), hacking (illegally accessing someone's accounts) and swatting (when you call 911 for a fake emergency and have the police show up at that person's house). "While many Americans are not aware of these behaviors, they have all been used to escalate abuse online," the report states.

Comments

Re:the author is a bona fide SJW 'journalist'

[Anonymous Coward]

SJW is just your snide name-calling.

As for 'journalist' in quotes -- well, she has a BA in Journalism and she is working for a media company. So the quotes are not appropriate. She is a journalist.

Re:Pretty much wrong

[s.petry]

Oh come now. This "survey" is based on people's claims and feelings. The same exact way that they can claim fake crimes to gin up hostility everywhere else in society. It's propaganda, plain as day to anyone who cares to look.

Yes, SJWs are pretty common. People who don't care about actual justice, but what they feel should be done to other people based on injustice portrayed as "right" to them. Justice has a pure meaning, and is correctly symbolized by the empty scale.

Now stop stalking me you criminal! You need to turn yourself in and be jailed for harassing me!