This statistic displays the share of people seeing hateful messages attacking a person or group on social media in Finland in 2017, broken down by social group. During the period under survey, 68 percent of the student population and nearly half of the employed population had witnessed hate speech on social media in the last three months.
Share of people who have seen hate speech on social media in Finland in 2017, by social group
The survey material is emphasized to correspond to the whole population and households, taking into account the response losses. The compilation of the statistics is regulated in the Statistics Act (280/2004).
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Statistics Finland. (November 22, 2017). Share of people who have seen hate speech on social media in Finland in 2017, by social group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/913223/people-seeing-hate-speech-online-by-social-group/
Statistics Finland. "Share of people who have seen hate speech on social media in Finland in 2017, by social group." Chart. November 22, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/913223/people-seeing-hate-speech-online-by-social-group/
Statistics Finland. (2017). Share of people who have seen hate speech on social media in Finland in 2017, by social group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/913223/people-seeing-hate-speech-online-by-social-group/
Statistics Finland. "Share of People Who Have Seen Hate Speech on Social Media in Finland in 2017, by Social Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/913223/people-seeing-hate-speech-online-by-social-group/
Statistics Finland, Share of people who have seen hate speech on social media in Finland in 2017, by social group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/913223/people-seeing-hate-speech-online-by-social-group/ (last visited November 19, 2024)
Share of people who have seen hate speech on social media in Finland in 2017, by social group [Graph], Statistics Finland, November 22, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/913223/people-seeing-hate-speech-online-by-social-group/