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The chart shows the results of a several public surveys in the United Kingdom carried out from 2012 to 2019. The share of respondents reporting that they have illegally consumed computer software in the last three months shows a decline of 2% in 2019 compared to 2018.

The chart shows the results of a several public surveys in the United Kingdom carried out from 2012 to 2019. The share of respondents reporting that they have illegally consumed digital films in the last three months shows a significant growth in 2019, breaking the declining trend from the last few years. In 2019, the share of respondents who illegally consumed digital films increased by 8% compared to 2018.

The chart shows the results of a several public surveys in the United Kingdom carried out from 2012 to 2019. The share of respondents reporting that they have illegally consumed digital music in the last three months remains relatively stable, showing only one per cent increase in 2019 compared to 2018.

The chart shows the results of a several public surveys in the United Kingdom carried out from 2012 to 2019. The share of respondents reporting that they have illegally consumed digital television programs in the last three months fell by 6% in 2019, from 23% in 2018 to only 17%.

The chart shows the results of a 2018 survey in the United Kingdom. When asked, "How confident are you that you know what is legal and what isn't in terms of downloading, streaming/accessing, and sharing content through the internet?" the majority of respondents answered that they were confident. However, 16% of respondents reported that they were not at all confident in their ability to know what is legal online.

The chart shows the results of a several public surveys in the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2018. The percent of respondents reporting that they have used peer-to-peer services to consume or share digital content has shown a bit of a downward trend, while the percent of respondents reporting that they never do so has remained fairly constant.

The graph shows the percent of respondents who agree with various statements about the internet, freedom of expression, and illegal content. The chart shows that there is strong support for arrangements to limit the spread of illegal content online but also strong agreement that freedom of expression needs to be protected online. Respondents were asked "Do you agree or disagree each of the following?."

This chart shows the volume of videos removed by Tiktok for policy violation, from July 2020 until December 2021. The data shows that the volume of videos removed by TikTok in the last quarter of 2021 increased by 86% compared to the same period of the previous year. However, the total videos removed by TikTok represents about 1% of all videos uploaded on the social media platform.

This chart shows the volume of videos removed by Tiktok for policy violation, from July 2020 until December 2021. A video may violate multiple policies and each violation is reflected. In certain rare circumstances, such as emergency situations or hardware outages, a removed video’s violation category may not be captured. These videos are not represented in the chart. The data shows that minors' safety is the main reason for video removal by TikTok (45% in the last quarter of 2021), follwed by illegal activities and regulated goods (19.5%) and adult nudity and sexual activities (11%).

This chart shows the distribution of videos removed by YouTube, by the reason removal, over the period September 2018-March 2022. These removal reasons correspond to YouTube’s Community Guidelines. Reviewers evaluate flagged videos against all of YouTube's Community Guidelines and policies, regardless of the reason the video was originally flagged. As the chart shows, the most frequent reasons of removal of videos are child abusive content, violent or graphic content and nudity or sexual content. In the first quarter of 2022, the child safety content decline by 53.5% compared to the same period of 2021, while harmful or dangerous content increased in the same period by 463% and harassement and cyberbullying by 579%.