The governing body of soccer in the globe said on Wednesday that FIFA is introducing a new service to combat hate speech and prejudice online during the World Cup.
FIFA will take action against internet prejudice during the World Cup
When athletes log on to their phones in the changing rooms minutes after games, the Social Media Protection Service will prevent them from viewing nasty messages.
All World Cup competitors’ social media accounts will be monitored by FIFA, who will look for public-facing threats, insults, and other types of abuse before reporting them to the appropriate social media platforms and police enforcement.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino mentioned that FIFA is focused to providing the best things for players to achieve to the best of their ability.
We are excited to provide a solution that will assist in shielding players from the harm that social media posts may do to their mental health and wellness at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
Teams, players, and other participants will be able to choose to use a moderating service that will immediately remove rude and abusive remarks from Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube so that neither the receiver nor their followers will see them.
More than half of the competitors in the 2017 European Championship and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) experienced discriminatory online harassment, according to a FIFA report released this year.
Brazilian international Willian, who is not included on his nation’s World Cup roster, is supporting the initiative after having personally encountered internet prejudice.
Willian stated, “I am supporting this campaign because I was in Brazil a year ago and I was suffering greatly along with my family as people started assaulting us on social media, insulting my family.
“That’s why I’m here with FIFA right now to see if you can stop these kinds of things that sometimes make me feel depressed,” the speaker said.