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Trolling
Q. Would you support the introduction of government legislation to prevent people from using social media to attack and bully individuals (known as ‘trolling’)?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total Support |
83% |
84% |
85% |
82% |
| Total Oppose |
9% |
9% |
9% |
12% |
| Strongly support |
55% |
58% |
55% |
45% |
| Support |
28% |
26% |
30% |
37% |
| Oppose |
6% |
8% |
6% |
6% |
| Strongly oppose |
3% |
1% |
3% |
6% |
| Don’t know |
7% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
The vast majority of respondents support the introduction of government legislation to prevent people from trolling (83%), whilst 9% oppose any such introduction.
There are no significant variations by voting intention.
Female respondents are far more likely to strongly support a ban on trolling (61%) compared with male respondents (48%).
Looking at the results by age, those aged 45-54 (61%), 55-64 (61%) and 65+ (69%) were all significantly more likely to strongly support a ban.
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