Most children say they have experienced some form of harassment while gaming online, according to an Anti-Defamation League report published Wednesday that also notes “alarmingly high” levels of harassment among adult gamers. The anti-hate group said the amount of harassment reported by adult gamers increased for the third year in a row in its survey of 2,206 Americans, with 83% of those between 18 and 45 years old saying they experienced harassment in online multiplayer games. A vast majority (71%) of the harassment qualifies as “severe abuse,” including physical threats, stalking and sustained harassment, according to the ADL, a three-point jump from the amount reported by respondents in 2020. The groups reporting the biggest increases in harassment included women (49% said they’d been harassed in 2021 compared to 41% in 2020), Black Americans (52% in 2021 compared to 31% in 2020) and Asian Americans (38% in 2021 compared to 26% in 2020). The ADL found that three in five (60%) respondents between the ages of 13 and 17 experienced harassment in online multiplayer games, in the first time the group has surveyed children on the subject. Some 10% of young respondents said they have been exposed to white supremacy while gaming, verus 8% of adults.
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