Sexual harassment online is "normal" for Austrian youth

der Standard AT

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While many respondents consider the situation to be inevitable, experts call for more information on legal possibilities

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"Sexual harassment online is at the heart of this year's Safer Internet Day on 11 February. In Austria, 38 percent of the eleven to 17-year-olds have already been confronted with it. This is the result of a study on the topic presented in Vienna on Monday. Older young people and girls were most often affected by attractive comments in forums or petitions for intimate images, explained Barbara Buchegger from Saferinternet.at. These harassments oc…

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"That's what you have to live with: more than a third are affected, according to the study.

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For many young people in Austria, sexual harassment is on the Internet "everyday", a recent study shows. More than one third of the young people surveyed have been sexually harassed online more than once, ten percent are often or very often affected. Social networks are the main focus, many young people are not always aware of the consequences.

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Sexual harassment on the Internet is part of everyday life for many young people in Austria – a recent study by Saferinternet.at shows this.

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"Sexual Harassment Online" is at the heart of the international Safer Internet Day (11 February) - and in Austria 38 percent of the eleven - to 17-year-olds have been confronted with it before. This is evident from a study on the topic presented in Vienna on Monday. Older young people and girls were most often affected by succinct comments in forums or petitions for intimate pictures, explained Barbara Buchegger from Saferinternet.at.