{"id":360077,"date":"2026-07-03T02:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=360077"},"modified":"2026-07-03T02:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:50:42","slug":"fifa-says-abusive-world-cup-social-media-posts-13-times-higher-than-2022-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/fifa-says-abusive-world-cup-social-media-posts-13-times-higher-than-2022-national\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA says \u2018abusive\u2019 World Cup social media posts 13 times higher than 2022 &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>FIFA says abusive social media posts are 13 times higher through the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in comparison with the 2022 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The spike was found after FIFA\u2019s social media protection program <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.fifa.com\/campaigns\/no-discrimination\/news\/social-media-protection-service-abusive-posts-world-cup-2026-racially-motivated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scanned greater than<\/a> six million posts and comments uploaded that related to the World Cup, a 33 per cent jump from 2022.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA said the substitute intelligence tool had flagged 225,000 posts and comments for human review, with 89,000 being identified as abusive. 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Racism and discrimination don&#8217;t have any place in football, online, or in our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ahead of this 12 months\u2019s World Cup, FIFA implemented the <a href=\"https:\/\/inside.fifa.com\/campaigns\/no-discrimination\/no-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cNo Racism Gesture\u201d<\/a> into tournament rules, where players can \u201ccross their hands on the wrists\u201d to \u201csignal on to the referee that they&#8217;re being targeted by racist abuse\u201d by spectators.<\/p>\n<p>The referee then must resolve whether or to not stop the match and if the incident doesn&#8217;t stop, the match will probably be suspended.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA says abusive social media posts are 13 times higher through the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in comparison with the 2022 tournament. 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