FIFA tracks 7M offensive World Cup posts
The International Federation of Football (FIFA) announced that the social media abuse protection service detected more than seven million posts that potentially contained offensive or harmful content during the 2026 World Cup. The detection rate was 14 times higher than at the 2022 World Cup, where approximately 470,000 posts were identified and removed previously. The service team handled over 500,000 messages targeted at players, coaches, and officials, with more than a thousand of them being threats. Since the tournament's launch, over 53 million posts have been monitored, culminating in the final match between Argentina and Spain. Additionally, the data revealed that 11% of the abuse was racist.
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