Football’s ruling body FIFA on Thursday said that it has hidden more than 10 million abusive comments in its fight against hate speech.
FIFA said it has analysed some 33 million posts and comments on 15,302 accounts since it launched its Social Media Protection Service (SMPS) at the 2022 World Cup, and made it available to all its members and players in 2024.
It said that SMPS has been used at 23 tournaments as well as in qualifying and friendly matches.
It is also available at the current Club World Cup for the 32 teams and 2,019 accounts of players, coaches and officials.
FIFA said it is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to filter abusive posts and hide them from the account owners.
A FIFA survey has revealed that women’s players are more subjected to abuse than the men.