A recent Swiss study revealed that young people in Switzerland suffer from disturbing rates of sexual harassment and chase on the Internet, and that girls are more affected than boys.
The study indicated that this phenomenon coincides with a sharp rise in adolescents’ use of video sharing applications such as “Tech Talk”, according to Russia today.
The “James 2022” study, published last Thursday by “Zurich University of Applied Sciences” and “Swisscom Communications”, revealed that nearly half of the 1,000 teenagers and adolescents who participated in the survey were subjected to sexual harassment at least once online , Compared to 19% in 2014.
The study also revealed that girls often fall victim to this phenomenon than boys (60% compared to 33%), and the study also stated that half of the teenage girls who were harassed by a stranger, were asked to send sexual photos.
The “Insgram” application (81%) and “Snapchat” (76%) represents the most used social networks by Swiss teenagers, however, the Chinese video application “Tech Talk” recorded a huge increase, as it turned out that 67%of young people use this The platform regularly, compared to 51% two years ago and 8% in 2018.
The study also stated that young people are spreading on social networks less frequently than they were in the past, and when they do so, the matter is rather “stories” or quick “footage”.
Young people are preferred to look at other publications and “admire” them or write personal messages through the chat window. About 97% of the youth surveyed reported that they were communicating through the “WhatsApp” application.
On the other hand, adolescents disappeared from Facebook and only 5% of them used it daily or several times a week. To compare, the rate of adolescents in 2014 on Facebook was 79%.
The study concluded the survey to the urgent need to protect youth, especially during a sensitive stage of personal and sexual development.
The team that completed the study called for the adoption of a comprehensive group of media education procedures.
He urged the team to give more attention in schools to this phenomenon, and “the family must also be more concerned with the problem and bear the responsibility of children. “.
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