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February 04, 2021 61% of young people say they are bullied or cyberbullied, and 68% have witnessed it, considered the most feared threats by children after drugs and sexual violence.

Six out of 10 teens say they don't feel safe online.

The biggest nightmare for girls is Revenge porn (52.16%).

In the year of Covid-19, 93% of adolescents said they felt alone, with an increase of 10% compared to 2019. It emerges from the data of the Osservatorio Indifesa 2020 of Terre des hommes and ScuolaZoo released in view of the International Day against Bullying (February 7) and Safer Internet Day (February 9).

The increase in loneliness is even more significant, the report points out, if one considers that the percentage of those who indicated that they felt loneliness "very often" went from 33% to what is defined as a "dramatic" 48%.

The data of the Indifesa Observatory were collected through the responses of 6,000 adolescents, aged 13 to 23, from all over Italy.

Boys and girls express suffering from episodes of psychological violence suffered by peers (42.23%) and in particular 44.57% of girls report the strong discomfort felt by receiving unwelcome comments of a sexual nature online.

On the other hand, 8.02% of girls admit to having committed acts of bullying, or cyberbullying, a percentage that grows up to 14.76% among boys. Among the survey participants 6 out of 10 declare that they do not feel safe online.

It is girls who are most afraid, especially on social media and dating apps, 61.36% of them confirm this.

Among the greatest risks, both males and females place cyberbullying first (66.34%), followed by the loss of their privacy (49.32%), followed by Revenge porn (41.63%). ) the risk of enticement by criminals (39.20%), stalking (36.56%) and online harassment (33.78%).

While after cyberbullying, the biggest nightmare for girls is Revenge porn (52.16%) together with the risk of being harassed online (51.24%), solicitation by criminals (49.03%) and loss of their privacy (44.73%).

One in 3 teenagers confirm that they have seen intimate photos of themselves or of friends on social networks.

However, almost all girls (95.17%) recognize that seeing their hot photos / videos circulated without their consent online, or on other people's cell phones, is as serious as being subjected to physical violence.

The percentage drops slightly for boys (89.76%).

Even if they are minorities, old prejudices to be defeated persist, 15.21% of boys consider as an "easy girl" the girl who decides to share photos or videos of a sexual nature with the partner.

While for girls this is true for 8.39% of cases.

"The data of the Indifesa 2020 Observatory arouse alarm and tell us how the effects of the pandemic and the drastic changes that these have brought in the lives of children are already dramatic today. Social isolation, distance learning and the loss of sociality are causing profound loneliness and demotivation but also anxiety, anger and fear ".

This was stated by Paolo Ferrara General Manager of Terre des Hommes, commenting on the data that emerged from the responses of 6,000 adolescents, aged 13 to 23, from all over Italy.