U.S. children that had potentially harmful online experiences 2020, by platform

Published by Ani Petrosyan, Jul 7, 2022
During a 2020 survey among children in the United States aged 9-17 years, it was found that Instagram and Snapchat were the platforms where 26 percent of the children had potentially harmful experiences. These were also the platforms where 16 percent of the participants had an online sexual interaction.

Potentially harmful online experiences among children in the United States as of November 2020, by platform

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May 2021

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United States

Survey time period

October 26 to November 12, 2020

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742 participants 9-12 years, 1,260 participants 13-17 years

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Online survey

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