* Source adds the following information:
"Data were weighted by age, gender and region to be representative of all 10-18 year olds in the UK."
** Original survey question was phrased as follows:
"Have any of these things ever happened to you online?"
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Experiences of online interactions among teenagers in the UK 2016, by age group
This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the most common experiences of online interactions among teenagers in the United Kingdom (UK) in **, by age group. During the survey period, it was found that ** percent of respondents aged between 13 and 15 years reported that someone had been rude to them.
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