Posts on platforms such as Twitter, Instagram or Tiktok that were directed against players, coaches, officials and other participants in the finals are being monitored. 71 percent of these “abusive posts were tracked by the platforms,” UEFA announced on Monday.
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Around 94 percent of the flagged posts contained general insults. 4.5 percent of the posts reviewed were racist and 1.5 percent were homophobic. In most cases (74 percent), the players were the victims. 15 percent of the messages reviewed were directed against the coaches, 7 percent against the teams and around 4 percent against the referees. According to UEFA, the teams most affected were the Belgian, Croatian, Ukrainian and Dutch teams.
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The content is being reviewed as part of a program created by UEFA, which was used for the first time at the 2022 Women’s European Championship. According to UEFA, the national associations are informed about the abusive posts on the Internet after each match. They are therefore free to take criminal action against the authors.
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