A package of social media tools designed to protect players from online abuse will be offered to all teams at the 2023 Women's World Cup, soccer's world governing body FIFA said on Sunday.The Social Media Protection Service (SMPS), developed by FIFA and the players' union FIFPRO, monitors and moderates ha
A package of social media tools designed to protect players from online abuse will be offered to all teams at the 2023 Women's World Cup, soccer's world governing body FIFA said on Sunday.
"Discrimination is a criminal act," said FIFA President Gianni Infantino."With the help of this tool, we are identifying the perpetrators and we are reporting them to the authorities so that they are punished for their actions." The tool was offered to players at the 2022 men's World Cup in Qatar, where the quarter-final between England and France saw the largest spike in abuse, FIFA said in a report on Sunday.
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