Two new reports came out recently from the Pew Internet and American Life Project:
The first reports that Americans (like many Britons, I think) are experiencing more spam.
37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago. And 29% of work email users said spam had increased in their work email accounts, up from 21% two years ago. Yet fewer people say spam is “a big problem” for them.
The second says that about a third of all teenagers who use the internet say they have been victims of cyberbullying.
About one third (32%) of all teenagers who use the internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities – such as receiving threatening messages; having their private emails or text messages forwarded without consent; having an embarrassing picture posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread online.
For advice on both topics from Get Safe Online, see Stop unwanted email and Protect children from online threats.
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