The highest rates for this category were registered in the Netherlands and Portugal (both 45%) and Estonia (44%)
About 45% of young people in Cyprus and 49% in the EU recently encountered messages online, which they considered to be hostile or degrading towards groups of people or individuals, according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU, on the occasion of World Wide Web Day (August 1st).
Out of the 23 member states of the EU for which data was available,