Increase in Online Abuse Towards Wimbledon Players Detected
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Summary
A significant increase in online abuse towards Wimbledon players was detected during the tournament, with the All England Lawn Tennis Club using AI and manual analysis to monitor and address abusive content.
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The All England Lawn Tennis Club uses the Threat Matrix service, devised by data science firm Signify, which uses AI to monitor public-facing social media accounts.
A team of investigators then manually analyze what is flagged by the system - which covers X, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok - and escalate abusive and threatening content.
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