A study conducted in the United Kingdom in 2022 found that 65 percent of victims of online abuse were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the response they received from internet companies after reporting it. Overall, 16 percent of victims of online abuse in the UK were satisfied with the response from internet companies after reporting it.
Satisfaction with response of reporting online abuse to internet companies according to victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Dissatisfied/very dissatisfied
65%
Satisfied/very satisfied
16%
Neither satisfied or dissatisfied
11%
Mixed response (e.g. some individuals or companies were more helpful than others)
8%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%
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Victims' Commissioner. (June 1, 2022). Satisfaction with response of reporting online abuse to internet companies according to victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319872/uk-victims-on-reporting-online-abuse-to-internet-companies/
Victims' Commissioner. "Satisfaction with response of reporting online abuse to internet companies according to victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022." Chart. June 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319872/uk-victims-on-reporting-online-abuse-to-internet-companies/
Victims' Commissioner. (2022). Satisfaction with response of reporting online abuse to internet companies according to victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319872/uk-victims-on-reporting-online-abuse-to-internet-companies/
Victims' Commissioner. "Satisfaction with Response of Reporting Online Abuse to Internet Companies According to Victims in The United Kingdom as of February 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319872/uk-victims-on-reporting-online-abuse-to-internet-companies/
Victims' Commissioner, Satisfaction with response of reporting online abuse to internet companies according to victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319872/uk-victims-on-reporting-online-abuse-to-internet-companies/ (last visited April 02, 2025)
Satisfaction with response of reporting online abuse to internet companies according to victims in the United Kingdom as of February 2022 [Graph], Victims' Commissioner, June 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319872/uk-victims-on-reporting-online-abuse-to-internet-companies/
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