more than half of the players to participate in the finals of Euro 2020 (England-Italy) and the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (Egypt-Senegal) is subject to abuse by networks social. This was revealed by a study published by FIFA and performed together between this body and FIFPROthe union of world players, and formed in the period between the conclusion of the semifinals of such tournaments and three days after the dispute in said finals.
The report, aided by artificial intelligence, is being monitored 406,987 messages on twitter and instagram and concludes that 55% of players to participate in these finals is subject to abuse.
The 40% of such insults are homophobes (most seen in African tournament), 38% racists6% Islamophobes (all of them in the framework of the Africa Cup), another 6% questioned the ability among footballers, 3% are xenophobesanother 3% is content threat and the rest, all sorts of insulting comments.
The study shows that black england players who missed their shots in the penalty shootout that decided the final was the main victim of such comments; in fact, racist comments accounted for 76% of the insults recorded in that situation. And that’s on Africa Cupreceived by technicians more than double the amount of insult than their European counterparts.
This is the case both in one contest and in another, according to the report, most of the insults came from the country of origin of the footballers to whom they addressed.
Following this report, FIFA and FIFPRO announced their intention to launch tools to protect players, technicians, referees, etc., of this kind of insults. An attempt to inform fans of the need to moderate this type of action, while support will be offered to players and their families because of the effects these messages can have on their performance, mental health and overall well -being. These grants will be launched on the occasion of the 2022 Qatar Men’s World Cup and Women’s World Cup, which will be played in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.
Source: La Verdad
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