Probe. Poles want to limit children’s access to social media

The study for Wirtualna Polska at the Ariadna National Research Panel was conducted on March 17-20, 2023, using the CAWI method, on a representative group of 1,045 adult Poles.

Youth Violence Survey. There is a feeling that it is growing

Zamość, February 28. A few hundred meters from the town square, a group of young people attacks 16-year-old Eryk. After the scuffle and insults came a blow to the head. He was probably deadly. Eryk is dead, his tormentors have heard allegations. One of them, a 17-year-old – is charged with murder.

Zamość again, March, in the city center, the attacker attacks another 16-year-old – he kicks, pulls, beats. Again, no one reacts, some record the event. Fortunately, the worst doesn’t happen.

Pruszkow, March. Police detain six people in connection with the brutal beating of a teenager. The detainees are aged between 14 and 16. A shocking video of the incident has surfaced online. “When I saw it, I felt like a roller had run over me. I didn’t know what to do with myself

The study asked about the phenomenon of youth violence. As much as 65 percent of respondents assessed that the number of acts of violence and aggression among Polish youth has increased. 17 percent thought it hadn’t changed. 4 percent declared that they thought it had decreased.

The respondents were also asked whether posting recordings of beating or tormenting peers contributes to the increase in the number of acts of violence and aggression among young people. Again, 65% answered yes. surveyed, including 32 percent answered “definitely yes”. 17 percent answered no, and 18 percent was unable to answer.

Restrictions on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook?

What solution could help reduce violence? The authors of the study used the recent unprecedented decisions of the French National Assembly in Europe. It passed a law according to which From 13 to 15 years of age – the consent of the parents will be necessary.

Therefore, the research asks the question:

As many as 81% answered this question. participants of the Ariadna panel survey answered “yes”, including “definitely yes” chose 54. percent, and “rather yes” – 27 percent. 10 percent were against the “French” solution. respondents, and 9 percent. chose the answer “difficult to say”.

The study for Wirtualna Polska also asks whether the above-mentioned regulations could contribute to a decrease in the number of acts of violence and aggression among young people. 58 percent of respondents say yes (23% of answers “definitely yes”). 21% are of the opposite opinion, the same number of people said that they had no opinion on this subject.