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“Through the FIFA Social Media Protection Service (SMPS) and by deploying advanced technology and human expertise, FIFA is taking decisive action to protect players, coaches, teams and match officials from the serious harm caused by online abuse.”
FIFA established SMPS in 2022 with players’ union Fifpro to monitor, report and block offensive content.
FIFA was criticized after it appeared to drop anti-racism messages at the Club World Cup, held in the United States this summer, but SMPS was used.
“During the tournament, SMPS monitored 2,401 active accounts across five social media platforms including players, coaches, teams and match officials participating in the flagship tournament, with 5.9 million posts analysed, 179,517 flagged for review and 20,587 reported to the relevant platforms,” a FIFA statement said.
“Our message is clear: abuse has no place in our game, and we will continue to work with member associations, confederations and law enforcement authorities to hold violators accountable,” Infantino said.
He added: “This behavior has no place in football or in society, and FIFA is taking all possible steps by reporting these incidents, as well as by blacklisting individuals to prevent them from purchasing tickets to FIFA tournaments.”
FIFA said that more than 65,000 offensive posts have been reported to social media platforms since the establishment of the SMPS.
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