Majority of Canadian youth witness racism and sexism online: report - Terrace Standard

New Canadian research has found a concerning number of youth see racism or sexism online at least once a week, but are unsure what to do about it.

The Encountering Harmful and Discomforting Content Online report found 47 per cent of kids ages 12-17 are confronted with content they would deem racist or sexist, at least once a week.This report aims to understand what youth are seeing online and how much of that content is harmful, or makes them uncomfortable, as well as where troubling content crops up the most and how youth are responding.

While 88 per cent of participants said they feel it is important to fight racist and sexist rhetoric, 58 per cent reported they didn’t know how. Among respondents, 81 per cent felt that technology companies have a responsibility to censor racist and sexist content and most are not doing enough.

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