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The chart shows the distribution of the product categories most subject to counterfeiting and piracy, in 2013 and 2016, based on the results of the OECD-EUIPO report on illegal trade. The report shows that product categories "Footware", "Clothing, knitted or crocheted" and "Articles of leather" have the highest propensity of being subject to counterfeit and piracy.

The chart shows the per cent of change in the downloads of social apps in United States, from 05 to 10 January 2021. The article presents a short analysis of motives, trends and possible effects of policy changes of major social network platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Whatsapp.

The chart shows the evolution of the number of organic and forwarded posts on Telegram platform, after the two interventions of Europol in October 2018 and November 2019. The results of study shows that the 2019 intervention had a profound impact on the number of posts on Telegram compared to the 2018 intervention. While the 2018 intervention showed only 15% decline in organic posts and 9.7% decline in forwarded ones, the 2019 one resulted in 95.5% decline in organic posts and 95% decline in forwarded ones.

The chart shows the evolution of the number of organic and forwarded posts on Telegram platform, after the two interventions of Europol in October 2018 and November 2019. The results of study shows that the 2019 intervention had a profound impact on the number of posts on Telegram and this impact was not short-term or temporary.

The chart shows the median number of followers of Twitter accounts of English-language of Islamic State sympathizers, after accounts' suspension by the platform. The results of study shows that the account’s suspension impacts the efforts to rebuild a robust followership for the English-language pro-Islamic State sympatizers after suspension.

The chart shows the distribution of the duration of Twitter accounts of English-language of Islamic State sympathizers. The report collected and reviewed 845646 tweets produced by 1782 English-language pro-Islamic State accounts from 15 February 2016 to 01 May 2017. In the context of the study, a user’s "duration of activity" is quantified by the number of days between an account’s first and last tweet.

The chart presents the distribution of transport modes for weapons and ammunition seized by customs in 2019, based on the data from World Customs Organization's "Illicit trade Report 2019." The report shows that air, mail, vehicle and vessel are the conveyance methods present in all the seizures of weapons and ammunition. While seizures of weapons and ammunition made from the mail represented 58.2% (6 089) of all seizures made in 2019 (10 469), their number of pieces accounted only for 7.9% (78 131) of the total number of pieces seized by customs. The majority (70.5%) of pieces seized were made via vehicle transport, and out of those 94.4% were ammunition.

The chart presents the annual trend of the number of reviewed publications on climate and environmental science denial from 1990 to 2015, based on the results from the report "Climate and environmental science denial: A review of the scientificliterature published in 1990-2015." The data shows that there has been a steady increase in publications on climate and environmental science denial since 2010. In general, scientific denialism is the rejection of basic facts and concepts that are undisputed, well-supported parts of the scientific consensus on a subject, in favor of radical and controversial ideas. Specifically on climate science denial, a substantial body of scientific literature exists.

The chart presents the distribution of transport modes for counterfeit pharmaceutical, based on the data from the OECD/EUIPO study on illicit trade in fake pharmaceuticals, published in 2020. The report builds on previous analyses of illicit trade, focusing on trade of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. In addition to possible economic damages for the sector, fake pharmaceuticals pose significant health risks, as often they are not properly formulated and may contain dangerous ingredients. The data highlighted that mail and courier services are the main modes of transport for counterfeit pharmaceuticals traded worldwide. In terms of volume, air is also an important means of transport in the global trade of fake pharmaceuticals. In terms of value, the main transport mode was by road transport and mail and postal services.

The chart presents the people perception of the accuracy of the information related climate change given by the media. The results are based on the responses of the survey question “To what extent do the news media do a good or bad job in giving me accurate information about climate change?” included in the “Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020”. The report found that across markets around half (47%) say that the news media do a good job in providing accurate information about climate change. By contrast, the respondents saying the problem is not serious are far more likely to think the media are doing a bad job (46%) than a good job (16%). The seriousness of the climate change problem was assessed based on the answers to the survey question “How serious a problem, if at all, do you think climate change is?” (55693 respondents considered the problem “Extremely serious or Very serious”, while 6794 considered “Not very serious or Not serious at all”).