FIFA and World Cup players
After the World Cup group stage
FIFA’s social media protection service found 89,000 abusive posts during the World Cup group stage, including a significant rise in severe racist abuse. Racism made up 11% of all online abuse tracked across the tournament.
More than six million posts and comments were scanned, with 225,000 sent for human review. Around 1,000 accounts were marked for further investigation and 181,000 hateful comments were hidden as case files were prepared.