According to a September 2020 survey of adults in the United States, only 32 percent of respondents considered temporarily suspending users as a very effective solution in helping to reduce online harassment on social media. By contrast, permanent suspension in case of harassing behaviors towards others was regarded as a very effective solution from 51 percent.
Social platform were by far the online environment where internet users across all demographic groups encountered the most harassment.
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Pew Research Center. (January 13, 2021). Which solutions do you think would be very effective in helping to reduce harassment or bullying on social media? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228601/solutions-to-reduce-online-harassment-social-media/
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