Soccer-UEFA steps up fight against online racist abuse of players

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(Reuters) - UEFA is to launch a programme to combat online racist abuse of footballers by working with social media companies to remove harmful content from platforms and raising awareness, it said on Sunday.

Europe's soccer governing body added that the programme, which will start at the July 6-31 Women's European Championship, will work to"actively monitor, report and remedy" cases of online abuse.

A report published by FIFA last month revealed that more than half of players at last year's European Championship and Africa Cup of Nations were subjected to discriminatory abuse online. "To ensure that harmful content is removed, UEFA is working directly with major social media platforms such as Twitter, Meta and TikTok."

 

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