The top four online concerns for New Zealanders are children accessing inappropriate content, cyber bullying, security of their personal data and that its a forum for extremist material/hate speech.
Concerns and Safety
The number of New Zealanders who said they were “extremely concerned” increased in several areas in 2020, including fake news, extremism, and children accessing inappropriate content.
New Zealanders have higher levels of 'extreme' concern
All Internet concerns over time: Extremely concerned
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Top Internet concerns over time: extremely / very concerned
Fake news and extremism concern is on the rise for those who are 'extremely' concerned
Extremist views / hate speech
11%
Fake news
8%
Most significant concern increases: extremely / very concerned
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Security and privacy
New Zealanders' concern about privacy and security is also on the rise, with over half reporting that they have decided not to use an online service in the past year due to privacy and security concerns.
58%
Of New Zealanders have decided NOT to use an online service because of security or privacy concerns in the last year.
Levels of concern over time: online security of personal data
Security precautions over time
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Where New Zealanders get information about keeping safe online
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2020
2019
Difficulty of accessing information about how to stay safe online: easy / very easy
8%
difficult
54%
easy / very easy
2020
+3%
51%
easy / very easy
8%
difficult
2019