Romania: online risks that children had been exposed to 2020

Over 50 percent of children stated that the most common online risk that they had been facing during the coronavirus pandemic in Romania was the excessive use of the internet, followed by fake information. At the same time, for one fourth of respondents, the most common online risk was cyberbullying.

What do you think are the most common online risks that you and other children your age had been exposed to?*

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Excessive use of the internet	54.1%
Fake information	39.5%
Cyberbullying	25.8%
Personal data theft and online reputation damage	22.6%
Lack of technical skills to use digital media or platforms	15.4%
Harmful or illegal content	12.6%
Sexting	11.3%
Grooming	10%
Other	4%

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

Romania

Survey time period

June to July 2020

Number of respondents

4,792 respondents

Special properties

Children

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Care crezi că sunt cele mai des întâlnite riscuri on-line la care tu și alți copii de vârsta ta ați fost expuși în această perioadă? (Bifează până la 3 opțiuni, cele care se potrivesc cel mai bine.)"

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