In a 2023 survey of Indian journalists, when asked to rate their sense of privacy - specifically regarding whether they felt their posts and activities on social media platforms were being monitored by unknown individuals, about 52 percent of female journalists and 37 percent of male journalists reported feeling extremely unsafe. Conversely, only seven percent of male journalists felt very safe, and no female journalists reported feeling very safe.
Perception of social media safety among journalists in India in 2023, by gender
Survey question: On a scale of 1 to 8, how safe do you feel about your privacy while using the following? How safe do you feel that your posts and activity on the following sites is not being monitored by someone you don’t know or don’t want to share the information with - social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook?
The source did not specify the date of survey.
The ratio of male to female journalists in the survey sample was 3:1.
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