Use of information and communications technology by individuals 2025
One-half of persons aged 16 to 89 had seen hate speech on the Internet in 2025
releaseAccording to Statistics Finland, one-half of persons aged 16 to 89 had seen hostile or derogatory messages on the Internet against persons or groups of people in the past three months in 2025. Sixty-one per cent of persons aged 16 to 89 had ordered or bought something online. Forty-one per cent of persons aged 16 to 89 had used generative artificial intelligence. Sixty-eight per cent of those aged 75 to 89 had used the Internet.
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- Fifty per cent of persons aged 16 to 89 had seen hate speech on the Internet in 2025.
- Sixty-four per cent of persons aged 16 to 89 had seen false or doubtful content on the Internet.
- Eighty-one per cent of those aged 35 to 44 had ordered or bought something online.
- Sixty-seven per cent of people aged 16 to 24 had used generative artificial intelligence.
- Ninety-four per cent of those aged 16 to 89 had used the Internet.
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Use of information and communications technology by individuals [online publication].
Reference period: 2025. ISSN=2341-8710. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 22.6.2026].
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