Risky online behaviour ‘almost normalised’ among young people, says study

EU-funded survey of people aged 16-19 finds one in four have trolled someone - while UK least cyberdeviant' of nine countries

Risky and criminal online behaviour is in danger of becoming normalised among a generation of young people across Europe, according to EU-funded research that found one in four 16- to 19-year-olds have trolled someone online and one in three have engaged in digital piracy.

An EU-funded study found evidence of widespread criminal, risky and delinquent behaviour among the 16-19 age group in nine European countries including the UK.