Nearly half of U.S. teens have been bullied or harassed online, with physical appearance being seen as a relatively common reason why. Older teen girls are especially likely to report being targeted by online abuse overall and because of their appearance.
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85% of U.S. teens say they play video games. They see both positive and negative sides, from making friends to harassment and sleep loss.
35% of U.S. parents with children younger than 18 say they are extremely or very worried that their children might be bullied at some point.
Since Elon Musk’s take over of Twitter, Republican users have more positive views of the site, while those of Democratic users are more negative.
A minority of Twitter users produce a majority of tweets from U.S. adults, and the most active tweeters are less likely to view the tone or civility of discussions as a major problem on the site.
Three-quarters of U.S. adults who have recently faced some kind of online harassment say it happened on social media.
About one-fifth of those Americans who have experienced online harassment say they believe they were targeted because of their religion.
43% of those who report experiencing harassing behavior online say that they consider their most recent experience to be “online harassment.”
Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment, with half of this group citing politics as the reason they think they were targeted. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking
A majority of LGB adults report that they have used an online dating site or app, roughly twice the share of straight adults who say the same.
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