This question was phrased by the source as follows:
"Please tell me, for each of the following situations, if you think it is a very serious crime, a fairly serious crime, a minor crime or not a crime at all? Online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism"
Multiple answers were possible.
*Number of all respondents from 28 countries.
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Perceptions of racial hatred or religious extremism online as a crime in Sweden 2018
66 percent of the Swedish respondents, to a survey conducted in 2018, perceived online material which promotes hatred or religious extremism as a very serious crime. Five percent of the Swedes found it as a minor crime and three percent of the respondents did not find it as being a crime at all.
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European Commission. (March 18, 2019). Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Sweden in 2018 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 03, 2026, from /statistics/1037603/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-sweden/
European Commission. "Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Sweden in 2018." Chart. March 18, 2019. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 03, 2026. /statistics/1037603/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-sweden/
European Commission. (2019). Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Sweden in 2018. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 03, 2026. /statistics/1037603/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-sweden/
European Commission. "Perceptions of Online Material Which Promotes Racial Hatred or Religious Extremism as a Crime in Sweden in 2018." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 18 Mar 2019, /statistics/1037603/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-sweden/
European Commission, Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Sweden in 2018 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1037603/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-sweden/ (last visited August 03, 2026)
Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Sweden in 2018 [Graph], European Commission, March 18, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1037603/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-sweden/
