As part of efforts to protect the mental health of players, world football governing body, FIFA has launched a new service to crack down on hate speech and discrimination online during the World Cup.
According to the body, the service will protect more than 830 World Cup players from abuse on social media during the Qatar tournament.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a statement that “FIFA is committed to provide the best possible conditions for players to perform to the best of their abilities”.
“At the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, we are happy to launch a service that will help to protect players from the damaging effects that social media posts can cause to their mental health and well-being.”
On his part, the president of the worldwide representative organisation for professional footballers he said (FIFPRO), David Aganzo affirmed that it was football’s responsibility to protect players.
“This type of abuse has a profound impact on their personalities, their families, performance as well as on their overall well-being and mental health”.
“We hope that the social media protection service provides a starting point to help to defend participants from abusive messages”.
The FIFPRO boss also urged the social media companies to join and support the football governing body in tackling the issue at the FIFA World Cup.
The football governing body stated that it will monitor the social media accounts of all participants at the World Cup, scanning for abusive, discriminatory and threatening comments and then reporting them to social networks and law authorities.
Also, teams, players and other individual participants will be able to opt-in to a moderation service that will instantly hide abusive and offensive comments on social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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