The Australian Institute of Criminology has published new research on those who use online hate in Australia, drawing on survey data from a large sample of Australian residents.
- Just under two percent of respondents had subjected someone else to online hate.
- Those who had subjected others to online hate were more likely to be men, to be aged under 35 years, and to have been a victim of online or offline hate speech at least once in their life (57.0% vs 16.3% who had not subjected others to online hate).
- Respondents who had subjected others to online hate were more likely than other survey respondents to believe that some groups should hold greater dominance over others and to have misogynistic attitudes.
- These respondents were also more likely to hold prejudicial attitudes and to engage in a range of antisocial online and offline behaviours (eg online harassment and abuse, hacking and/or phishing; 53.6% vs 2.0%).
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