サッカー女子Ｗ杯、選手５人に１人が中傷被害　ＦＩＦＡ調査

【ローザンヌＡＦＰ＝時事】国際サッカー連盟（ＦＩＦＡ）と国際プロサッカー選手会は１１日、今年の女子Ｗ杯オーストラリア・ニュージーランド大会に出場した選手の５人に１人が、ネット上で誹謗（ひぼう）中傷の標的にされたという調査結果を発表した。（写真は資料写真）
　調査では、大会に参加した６９７人の選手やコーチに関する５１０万件の投稿やコメントの分析が行われ、１５２人の選手が「差別的、侮辱的、脅迫的なメッセージ」を受け取ったことが明らかになった。
　半数近くは同性愛嫌悪や性的、性差別的なもので、選手が被害に遭う可能性は、昨年開催された男子のＷ杯カタール大会と比べ、女子Ｗ杯の出場選手の方が２９パーセント高かった。
　今大会で最も標的にされたチームは、以前から繰り返しオンライン上で中傷を受けてきた米国だった。選手個人では、米国の１人とアルゼンチンの１人（名前は非公表）が最も被害に遭った。
　ＦＩＦＡのジャンニ・インファンティーノ会長は、選手への誹謗中傷と闘う手を緩めないと明言。また、今回の分析のもとになるデータを作成したソーシャルメディア保護サービス（ＳＭＰＳ）が導入された昨年以降、４０万件以上の中傷コメントから選手らが守られたとも明かした。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/12/12-15:34）

One in five players at this year's Women's World Cup were targeted by online abuse, according to a study released Monday by FIFA and the FIFPRO global players body.
The findings emerged from analysis of 5.1million posts and comments relating to 697 players and coaches taking part in the tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
Football's world governing body FIFA said in a statement 152 players received targeted discriminatory, abusive or threatening messaging.
Nearly 50% of the verified online abuse was homophobic, sexual or sexist in nature.
The analysis also found players at the Women's World Cup were 29% more likely to receive abuse compared to male players at last year's World Cup in Qatar.
The findings came from analysis of data produced by FIFA's Social Media Protection Service (SMPS), which screened millions of posts for abusive content using artificial intelligence software,
Players were given the option of opting into the SMPS, and under the system, abusive messages -- totalling 116,820 -- were hidden from intended recipients.
The SMPS data showed that the United States women's team -- who have routinely been targeted for online abuse over the years -- were subjected to most abuse during the tournament.
FIFA said two players -- one from the United States, and one from Argentina, whose identities were not revealed -- were targeted above all.
Colombian player Leicy Santos was quoted in the report saying the abuse was harmful to mental health.
If there is one thing that footballers suffer from the most, apart from losing, it is all the abusive comments ? the taunts, the insults, Santos said.
Beyond what we do as professional footballers, we are people. Some players are able to put up with the outrageous abuse we receive online, but other players aren't. It is a very sensitive issue when it comes to mental health.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino meanwhile vowed no let up in the battle to tackle player abuse.
There can be no place on social media for those who abuse or threaten anyone, be that in FIFA tournaments or elsewhere, Infantino said in a statement.
Infantino said that since the SMPS system was first introduced last year, players, teams and officials had been shielded from more than 400,000 abusive comments.
Discrimination has no place in football and no place in society, Infantino added.