61 percent of the Danish respondents to a survey conducted in 2018 perceived online material which promotes hatred or religious extremism as a very serious crime. Eight percent of the Danes found it as a minor crime and one percent of the respondents did not find it as being a crime at all.
Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Denmark in 2018
Characteristic
Share of respondents
A very serious crime
61%
A fairly serious crime
28%
A minor crime
8%
Not a crime at all
1%
Don't know
2%
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%70%
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This question was phrased by the source as follows:
"Please tell me, for each of the following situations, if you think it is a very serious crime, a fairly serious crime, a minor crime or not a crime at all? Online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism"
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European Commission. (March 18, 2019). Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Denmark in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037610/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-denmark/
European Commission. "Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Denmark in 2018." Chart. March 18, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037610/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-denmark/
European Commission. (2019). Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Denmark in 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037610/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-denmark/
European Commission. "Perceptions of Online Material Which Promotes Racial Hatred or Religious Extremism as a Crime in Denmark in 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037610/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-denmark/
European Commission, Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Denmark in 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037610/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-denmark/ (last visited June 06, 2025)
Perceptions of online material which promotes racial hatred or religious extremism as a crime in Denmark in 2018 [Graph], European Commission, March 18, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1037610/perceptions-of-racial-hatred-or-religious-extremism-online-as-a-crime-in-denmark/
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