2023 Women's World Cup Players Face Rampant Online Abuse

FIFA Report Reveals U.S. Women's National Team Most Targeted, Calls for Greater Awareness of Politicians' Role in Triggering Abuse

• One in five players at the 2023 Women's World Cup received discriminatory, abusive, or threatening messaging online, according to a report by FIFA and FIFPRO.
• The report revealed that players at the women's tournament were 29% more likely to be targeted than those at the 2022 men's World Cup.
• The U.S. Women's National Team received more online abuse than any other team, with two players, one from the U.S. and one from Argentina, targeted more than any others.
• FIFA's Social Media Protection Service (SMPS), which was launched last year, was used to monitor and moderate hate speech on social media, hiding harmful content from the players.
• The report calls for greater awareness of the impact of posts from a country’s politicians, as they triggered large spikes of abuse from their own political opponents.

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