According to a report conducted in the United Kingdom in 2020, Twitter was the social media platform on which women received the most abuse, with 60 percent of Black and marginalized respondents and 64 percent of white respondents saying it was the source of their online harassment. Overall, almost half of all women asked stated that they had experienced online abuse on Facebook. Black and minoritized women were almost twice as likely as white women to be targeted on WhatsApp.
Share of women who experienced online abuse on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom as of July 2020, by platform
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Glitch. (September 8, 2020). Share of women who experienced online abuse on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom as of July 2020, by platform [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321853/abuse-experienced-uk-women-on-social-media-during-coronavirus-by-platform/
Glitch. "Share of women who experienced online abuse on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom as of July 2020, by platform." Chart. September 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321853/abuse-experienced-uk-women-on-social-media-during-coronavirus-by-platform/
Glitch. (2020). Share of women who experienced online abuse on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom as of July 2020, by platform. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321853/abuse-experienced-uk-women-on-social-media-during-coronavirus-by-platform/
Glitch. "Share of Women Who Experienced Online Abuse on Social Media during The Covid-19 Pandemic in The United Kingdom as of July 2020, by Platform." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321853/abuse-experienced-uk-women-on-social-media-during-coronavirus-by-platform/
Glitch, Share of women who experienced online abuse on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom as of July 2020, by platform Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321853/abuse-experienced-uk-women-on-social-media-during-coronavirus-by-platform/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of women who experienced online abuse on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom as of July 2020, by platform [Graph], Glitch, September 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321853/abuse-experienced-uk-women-on-social-media-during-coronavirus-by-platform/
