A study conducted between December 2021 and February 2022, found that out of 8,720 pieces of content sent to high-profile women, 6.5 percent contained misogyny, image-based sexual abuse, hatred, or graphic content. Overall, the participants of the study were most likely to receive abuse via video content, with over 17 percent of the direct messages examined containing violating content in this format. Additionally, 14.1 percent of violating content was send in audio form.
Share of Instagram direct messages (DMs) containing violating content sent to high-profile women between December 2021 and February 2022
data concerning 8,720 text, audio, image, and video messages sent as DMs on Instagram.
Supplementary notes
According to the source: the report "was carried out with the participation of a small number of high-profile women", including, British TV personality Rachel Riley and Jamie Klingler.
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Center for Countering Digital Hate. (April 6, 2022). Share of Instagram direct messages (DMs) containing violating content sent to high-profile women between December 2021 and February 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1301118/instagram-violating-content-sent-to-women-dms/
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