Harassment Continues on Social Networks (Infographic)

Despite constant efforts by social networks to protect their users, a new survey by Craig Newmark found that harassment still runs rampant.

Despite constant efforts by social networks to protect their users, a new survey by Craig Newmark found that harassment still runs rampant.

Newmark—founder of craigslist, craigconnects, Rad Campaign and Lincoln Park Strategies—found that 22 percent of social network users were victims of bullying, harassment and threatening behavior in 2016, down only slightly from 25 percent in 2014.

The survey also found that while progress was made in sexual harassment, which dropped to 27 percent in 2016 from 44 percent in 2014, the opposite was true for political harassment, which rose from 16 percent in 2014 to 30 percent in 2016.

Other findings included:

  • 72 percent of millennials were harassed online by someone they knew.
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