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Share of Canadian journalists who experienced online harassment in 2021, by type

Characteristic	Share of journalists
Sexualized messages or images	33%
Physical threats	30%
Comments related to gender identity	23%
Comments related to ethnicity or nationality	18%
Using name or image without permission	17%
Death threats	13%
Identity or private information exposed	10%
Personal image was altered or manipulated	10%
Impersonated my social media account	10%
Threats were made towards my family	9%
Someone tried to blackmail me	7%
I received threats of rape or sexual assault	7%
Verbal threats/Negative comments in general	6%
Accusations/Defamation/questioning integrity	5%
Name calling/personal attacks	4%
Virus/spyware planted on my computer	3%
Negative comments about my work/profession	3%
Emails were intercepted	2%
Data was stolen	2%
Other	5%

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November 2021

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

September 27 to October 13, 2021

Number of respondents

703 respondents

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journalists who has experienced online harassment/threats in past year

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "As a journalist or media worker, have you personally experienced any of the following forms of online harassment in the past 12 months?"

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While online harassment is a risk for anyone active online, journalists are often victims of such behavior. In 2021, 33 percent of Canadian journalists who reported experiencing harassment online said that it involved receiving sexualized messages or images, 30 percent received physical threats, while 23 percent received comments related to gender identity, and 18 percent said that comments were made related to their ethnicity or nationality. 13 percent received death threats, and 10 percent said their identity or private information was exposed. A total of nine percent said threats were made towards their family and seven percent experienced threats of blackmail.