Share of youth who experienced slander on social networking services (SNS) Japan 2020
According to a survey from June 2020, about 12 percent of young people in Japan who were aged between 17 to 19 years old have experienced online defamation on social media. The topic of online harassment and cyberbullying on social networking services (SNS) received heightened attention in Japan earlier that year due to the suicide of Hana Kimura, a female professional wrestler who also starred in a reality television series.
