According to the results of the survey, 80% of young people aged 13 to 17 years old from 13 EU Member States would not feel comfortable being politically active or exploring their sexuality if authorities were able to monitor their digital communication, in order to look for child sexual abuse. 66% of respondents don’t approve of internet providers monitoring their digital communication for suspicious content67% rely on encrypted communication apps like WhatsApp or Signal56% consider their anonymity crucial for their activism and for organising politically among peers1 in 3 respondents use communication apps, dating apps, or other apps to send intimate photos43% of respondents called for alternative measures to internet harms as “Improving media literacy and training of young people under 18 on the risks and appropriate responses. young people feel is that the scanning of their private communications, pictures and searches online, turns normal activities into risky business