FIFA Reports Hundreds of Athletes Facing Online Abuse Violations

The International Association Football Federation (FIFA) revealed that 812 individuals out of 1,606 monitored players, coaches, and officials suffered at least one online abuse, with racism accounting for 12% of total discriminatory insults. The Social Media Protection Service analyzed 17.1 million posts and comments, verifying around 240,000 offensive cases through human review, while hostile posts directed at the most targeted individual exceeded 10,000. Furthermore, enforced measures included referring 2,905 accounts for investigation and 786 cases to law enforcement agencies, alongside concealing 9.2 million comments from 60.7 million screened across official channels of FIFA and its member associations.