Growing up online: how violence follows girls across platforms

New EIGE research on cyber violence against teenage girls exposes a pattern of online harm that policymakers can no longer treat as exceptional. She checks her phone before getting out of bed. Not that she wants to, but she has to know what’s been said about her overnight before facing it at school. New research from EIGE reveals that this is a common morning ritual for girls across Europe. The report, Combatting cyber violence against girls, - out end of June 2026 - is based on focus groups with 133 young women aged 13 to 18 across ten EU Member States. It puts lived experience at the centre...