About 300 individuals who left abusive language comparable to racism on the World Cup on social media are at risk of being accused by the judicial authorities.
ESPN reported on the 18th (local time) that the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to watch and block social media abuse targeting players in the course of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and supply details of 300 of them to law enforcement agencies. was reported to be provided.
In accordance with this, FIFA and the International Football Players Association (FIFPRO) used AI to discover and block “abusive, discriminatory and threatening posts or comments” on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. did.
“Because the tournament progressed, the violence and intimidation became more extreme,” the report said. “Many references to players’ families, in addition to increased threats that players won’t be left alone in the event that they return to a selected country or league after the tournament,” the report said.
A scan of about 20 million posts and comments revealed greater than 19,000 as issues. Amongst them, FIFA reported 13,000 cases on Twitter and identified them for prosecution by law enforcement authorities. 38% of the articles in query were written in Europe and 36% in South America.
Through the tournament, FIFA provided AI tools to groups and players to delete greater than 286,000 problematic posts prematurely.
FIFA said, “We are going to deliver the identities of greater than 300 people identified as abusive publishers to the FA and judicial authorities in each country to assist take motion.”
“Discrimination is a criminal offense,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a press release. “We expect social media platforms to simply accept their responsibility and support us within the fight against discrimination in all its forms.”
“The figures and findings on this report aren’t surprising, but they’re still of great concern,” said FIFPRO Chairman David Aganzo.
FIFA and FIFPRO will even use the AI system for the Women’s World Cup, which starts in Australia and Latest Zealand next month.
Reporter Kang Doo-won ainews@aitimes.com