The data describes the most common types of online harassment witnessed by internet users in the U.S., broken down by ethnicity. During the July 2016 survey it was found that 69% of U.S. black internet users had witnessed name-calling directed to a particular person online, while the same was true for 62% of the white respondents and for 60% of the Hispanic ones.
Someone being called offensive names | 62 | 69 | 60 |
Someone trying to embarrass another person on purpose | 60 | 68 | 60 |
Someone being physically threatened | 31 | 46 | 33 |
A romantic partner purposefully hurting their partner emotionally or psychologically | 26 | 38 | 32 |
Someone being sexually harassed | 24 | 29 | 31 |
Someone being harassed online over a long period of time | 19 | 27 | 22 |
Someone being stalked | 18 | 22 | 19 |
Any of these | 71 | 78 | 69 |