45% of young people in Cyprus have recently experienced hostile or derogatory messages towards them. In total, the share of young people in the EU who reported such episodes was 49%.
In 12 of the 23 EU countries, more than 50% of teenagers and young adults aged 16 to 29 reported having encountered similar messages online in the past three months.
The highest rate was recorded in Estonia (69%), followed by Denmark and Finland (68% in each country).
The lowest rates of cyberbullying are in Croatia (24%), Romania (27%) and Bulgaria (31%).
The reasons Cypriot youth most often cite why they think groups or individuals are targeted by hostile or derogatory messages online are: – political or social views (36%), – gender (35%), – racial or ethnic origin ( 29%), – sexual orientation (27%), – religion and beliefs (23%), – disabilities and special needs (15%).
Gender is the most commonly cited reason for cyberbullying in Finland (41%), Denmark (40%) and Cyprus (35%). On average across the EU this is the fifth most common answer (23%).
At EU level, the category “political or social views” was the most popular, with 35% of respondents choosing it. The same answer was most often given by residents of Estonia (60%), Finland (56%) and Denmark (49%).
The second place among the reasons for cyberbullying on average in the EU is sexual preferences (32%). The countries where this category was most often cited as a reason for cyberbullying were Estonia (46%), Slovakia and Portugal (44% each).
The category “racial or ethnic origin” ranked third in the EU with 30%. The highest rates in this category were recorded in the Netherlands and Portugal (45% each) and Estonia (44%).
The text was prepared based on materials from Politis
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