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Crossing the line: Analysing the online abuse faced by professional footballers Life Online
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Ofcom teamed up with The Alan Turing Institute to analyse more than 2.3 million tweets directed at Premier League footballers over the first five months of the 2021/22 season.
Our research found that while the vast majority of fans use social media responsibly, hundreds of abusive tweets are sent to footballers every single day. Seven in every ten Premier League players are targeted but twelve players in particular face a barrage of abuse with half of all abuse directed towards them.
This is a live recording of an event held at the National Football Museum in Manchester in August 2022, with a panel discussion hosted by Jules Breach (BT Sports), and features Gary Lineker, Aoife Mannion (Manchester United), Maheta Molango (Professional Footballers' Association), Sanjay Bhandari (Kick It Out), and Richard Wronka (Ofcom's Online Safety team).
Ofcom teamed up with The Alan Turing Institute to analyse more than 2.3 million tweets directed at Premier League footballers over the first five months of the 2021/22 season.
Our research found that while the vast majority of fans use social media responsibly, hundreds of abusive tweets are sent to footballers every single day. Seven in every ten Premier League players are targeted but twelve players in particular face a barrage of abuse with half of all abuse directed towards them.
This is a live recording of an event held at the National Football Museum in Manchester in August 2022, with a panel discussion hosted by Jules Breach (BT Sports), and features Gary Lineker, Aoife Mannion (Manchester United), Maheta Molango (Professional Footballers' Association), Sanjay Bhandari (Kick It Out), and Richard Wronka (Ofcom's Online Safety team).
39 min