Share of internet users having already faced or witnessed hate messages on the Internet France 2018

This statistic displays the percentage of French people having already faced or witnessed hate speech online in 2018, by kind of hateful speech and frequency. It appears that 20 percent of the respondents declared that they had been victim or that they had witnessed sexists statements online from time to time, while 19 percent had underwent or witnessed racist comments at the same frequency.

Have you ever been a victim or a witness of one of these hateful statements online?*

Characteristic	Yes, often	Yes, from time to time	Yes, rarely	No, never	Does not know
Sexist statements	7%	20%	17%	54%	2%
Racist statements	7%	19%	18%	54%	2%
Discrimination or stigmatization on the physical appearance	6%	16%	18%	58%	2%
Islamophobic statements	7%	15%	15%	61%	2%
Homophobic statements	6%	14%	17%	61%	2%
Xenophobic statements	5%	13%	17%	63%	2%
Anti-semitic statements	4%	11%	16%	67%	2%

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

France

Survey time period

November 14-15, 2018

Number of respondents

1,064 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

*This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Vous arrive-t-il d'être confronté, que ce soit en tant que victime ou témoin, sur Internet, à chacun des types de propos suivants?"

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