36% of targeted adults say they do not consider their most recent experience to be ‘online harassment’

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January 21, 2021

Some Americans who have been targeted by troubling behaviors online wouldn’t call it ‘harassment’

36% of targeted adults say they do not consider their most recent experience to be ‘online harassment’

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36% of targeted adults say they do not consider their most recent experience to be ‘online harassment’

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Some Americans who have been targeted by troubling behaviors online wouldn’t call it ‘harassment’
Those who say their recent experience was ‘online harassment’ are more likely to think some actions will reduce the problem
Those who do not consider their experience to be ‘online harassment’ are more likely to say many people take offensive content online too seriously
Targets who label their most recent incident as ‘online harassment’ are four times as likely to describe this experience as upsetting
People are more likely to say they consider their recent experience to be ‘online harassment’ if they experienced multiple or more severe behaviors

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