Young People Are More at Risk to Be Harassed Online
While online harassment may be a relatively new phenomenon, that doesn’t make it any less serious. According to a new report published by Pew Research, 3 in 4 adult internet users in the U.S. have witnessed someone being harassed online and 40% have personally experienced online harassment. While more than half of those who have been harassed online have been subject to mild forms of harassment such as name-calling or ridicule, a full 18% of online adults have been subject to severe harassments such as stalking or physical threats.
While online harassment appears to be a common problem, young adults are much more at risk to be harassed online as our chart shows. For any type of harassment, the percentage of 18-29 years old who personally experienced it is much higher than it is for the online population as a whole.

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This chart shows how many Americans have been subject to different forms of online harassment.