According to a survey conducted in December 2022, almost 71 percent of smartphone users in Japan neither knew the term nor the meaning of sextortion. The term is a portmanteau of "sex" and "extortion." It refers to a form of extortion involving sex, either in the form of sexually explicit material that is used to coerce victims, or by an abuse of power with the aim of extorting sexual favors.
Share of smartphone users who know about sextortion in Japan as of December 2022
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Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. (February 16, 2023). Share of smartphone users who know about sextortion in Japan as of December 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228867/japan-awareness-of-sextortion-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. "Share of smartphone users who know about sextortion in Japan as of December 2022." Chart. February 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228867/japan-awareness-of-sextortion-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. (2023). Share of smartphone users who know about sextortion in Japan as of December 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228867/japan-awareness-of-sextortion-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan. "Share of Smartphone Users Who Know about Sextortion in Japan as of December 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228867/japan-awareness-of-sextortion-among-mobile-device-users/
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, Share of smartphone users who know about sextortion in Japan as of December 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228867/japan-awareness-of-sextortion-among-mobile-device-users/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Share of smartphone users who know about sextortion in Japan as of December 2022 [Graph], Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan, February 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228867/japan-awareness-of-sextortion-among-mobile-device-users/
