Netherlands: male victims of types of online slander, by age 2012-2014

This statistic shows the share of individuals experiencing types of online slander in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014, by gender. From 2012 to 2014, 1.6 percent of men from 15 to 25 years old in the Netherlands have experienced someone spreading or sharing pictures, movies or gossip on the internet about them.

Share of men experiencing types of online slander in the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014, by age

Characteristic	15-25 years old	25-45 years old	45-65 years old	65 years and older
Total cyber slander	2.4%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%
Hurtful website/profile	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Posting message in victim's name	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Spreading pictures, movies or gossip	1.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%

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Release date

December 2015

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2012 to 2014

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

the source does not specify the number of respondents; the source used research and data from the studies 'Veiligheidsmonitor 2012 tot 2015' and 'ICT-gebruik van huishoudens en personen' from CBS

Supplementary notes

According to the source: "respondents were asked, if in the past 12 months, they have experienced gossip, bullying, harassment, stalking, blackmail or threats via internet."

Possible answers concerning slander and the definitions of different types of cyber bullying according to the source:
Slander: "someone created an embarrassing or hurtful website or profile about you. Someone has posted messages in your name to an internet forum or profile website like Facebook or Twitter. Someone shared or spread pictures or movies about you or spread stories or gossip about you."

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