According to a 2024 survey on the digital usage in Taiwan, about 54 percent of respondents were worried about fake news and inaccurate information on the internet. About 18 percent surveyed users had used a virtual private network (VPN) to access the internet.
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Attitudes and actions relating to online privacy and security among surveyed internet users in Taiwan as of 3rd quarter 2024
Characteristic
Share of surveyed internet users
Express concern about what is real versus what is fake on the internet
53.7%
Decline cookies on websites at least some of the time
34.6%
Use a tool to block advertisements on the internet at least some of the time
33.7%
Worry about how companies might use their online data
29.4%
Use a virtual private network (VPN) to access the internet at least some of the time
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We Are Social, & DataReportal, & Meltwater. (March 2, 2025). Attitudes and actions relating to online privacy and security among surveyed internet users in Taiwan as of 3rd quarter 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1376683/taiwan-internet-data-privacy-and-security-user-preferences-and-actions/
We Are Social, und DataReportal, und Meltwater. "Attitudes and actions relating to online privacy and security among surveyed internet users in Taiwan as of 3rd quarter 2024." Chart. March 2, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1376683/taiwan-internet-data-privacy-and-security-user-preferences-and-actions/
We Are Social, DataReportal, Meltwater. (2025). Attitudes and actions relating to online privacy and security among surveyed internet users in Taiwan as of 3rd quarter 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1376683/taiwan-internet-data-privacy-and-security-user-preferences-and-actions/
We Are Social, and DataReportal, and Meltwater. "Attitudes and Actions Relating to Online Privacy and Security among Surveyed Internet Users in Taiwan as of 3rd Quarter 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1376683/taiwan-internet-data-privacy-and-security-user-preferences-and-actions/
We Are Social & DataReportal & Meltwater, Attitudes and actions relating to online privacy and security among surveyed internet users in Taiwan as of 3rd quarter 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1376683/taiwan-internet-data-privacy-and-security-user-preferences-and-actions/ (last visited June 28, 2025)
Attitudes and actions relating to online privacy and security among surveyed internet users in Taiwan as of 3rd quarter 2024 [Graph], We Are Social, & DataReportal, & Meltwater, March 2, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1376683/taiwan-internet-data-privacy-and-security-user-preferences-and-actions/
