"FIFA president Gianni Infantino FIFA, the governing body of world football, has issued a report revealing the vast number of social media abuse it has directly reported to the various platforms since the beginning of 2025. More than 300,000 abusive posts have reported by FIFA, with 11 alleged offenders turned in to local law enforcement in seven countries and one person reported to Interpol."
"FIFA set up the SMPS [social media protection service] in 2022 with players' union Fifpro to monitor, report and block offensive content. Specific data regarding the Club World Cup in United States in the summer has been released, with FIFA reviewing millions of relevant posts across the social media landscape. During the tournament SMPS monitored 2,401 active accounts across five social media platforms covering players, coaches, teams and match officials, revealed a FIFA statement. 5.9 million posts [were] analysed, 179,517 flagged for review."
FIFA reported more than 300,000 abusive social media posts reported directly to platforms since the start of 2025. Eleven alleged offenders were referred to local law enforcement in Argentina, Brazil, France, Poland, Spain, the UK and the US, and one person was reported to Interpol. FIFA established the Social Media Protection Service (SMPS) with players' union FIFPRO in 2022 to monitor, report and block offensive content. During the Club World Cup in the United States, SMPS monitored 2,401 active accounts across five platforms, analysed 5.9 million posts, flagged 179,517 for review and reported 20,587 to platforms. SMPS has analysed over 33 million posts since 2022 and works with platforms to hide, remove and report abuse.
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