Translations:Training modules/Dealing with online harassment/slides/why-do-you-need-to-care-about-harassment/3/en

Online harassment has been an issue for a long time, almost since the launch of the internet itself. Areas of the internet where many people converge and communicate openly with each other – for instance, forums, multiplayer games, and social media – are particularly susceptible to it. Harassment and bullying can lead to distress and depression in people subjected to those things (pdf link). In a survey published by the Pew Research Center in 2014, almost three-quarters of adults using the internet have seen someone be harassed in some way online. Two in five have experienced it first-hand.