This statistic displays the findings of a survey on experiences of any negative types of online activity among internet users in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2016 and 2019. In 2016, ** percent of respondents reported having encountered a computer virus on devices used to go online. By 2019, this number had reduced to percent of responding internet users. Financial/personal information theft and online trolling remained rare over the period covered.
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Ofcom. (June 30, 2020). Which, if any, of the following have you personally experienced in the last twelve months?* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/322233/experience-of-negative-online-activity-uk/
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