US EditionBasketball Australia joins with online safety platform to combat social media abuse
The partnership provides tools to detect and remove abusive comments in real time, addressing disproportionate abuse against female athletes, who face nearly 20% more online harassment.
- On Wednesday in Brisbane, Basketball Australia and the NBL and WNBL announced a partnership with Social Protect to tackle social media abuse following coaches' calls for action.
- After weeks of targeted attacks, teams reported a person allegedly wished a miscarriage on a player's pregnant wife, with players' families and spouses fearing to go outside.
- Using a 'real‑time platform,' Social Protect scans Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok, tracking more than two million abusive words and phrases in over 100 languages and removing harmful comments automatically.
- Giving players, coaches and officials protection, Vasiljevic said, `The fact that some people think it's OK to jump on social media and to say to us directly... 'go kill yourself' shows that people live a very sad life,'
- With precedent in tennis and soccer, basketball officials moved swiftly as other sports like the ATP and German soccer officials investigated abuse, while leaders called the move urgent amid ongoing player abuse.
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Basketball Australia joins with online safety platform to combat social media abuse
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Basketball Australia and its men's and women's professional leagues announced on Wednesday an online safety platform to help athletes and teams protect themselves from social media abuse.
Basketball Australia joins with online safety platform to combat social media abuse
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Basketball Australia and its men’s and women’s professional leagues announced on Wednesday an online safety platform to help athletes and teams protect themselves from social media abuse. The move couldn’t come any sooner for Scott Roth, a former NBA player and assistant coach with several teams including the Toronto Raptors and […]
Basketball Australia joins with online safety platform to combat social media abuse
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Basketball Australia and its men's and women's professional leagues announced on Wednesday an online safety platform to help athletes and teams protect themselves from social media abuse.
Basketball Australia joins with online safety platform to combat social media abuse
Basketball Australia and its men's and women's professional leagues have unveiled an online safety platform to help athletes and teams protect themselves from social media abuse. The move couldn’t come any sooner for former NBA player, assistant coach and Cleveland,…
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