FIFA reveals it reported more than 30,000 abusive social media posts this year

In a shocking development, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) revealed in a report that it has reported more than 30,000 abusive social media posts in the year 2025. The governing

body of world football also stated that they reported 11 people to law enforcement authorities apart from submitting one case to the Interpol at a time when they are seemingly backing away from the “Say No to Racism” campaign.

As per the report published in BBC Sport, FIFA mentioned that the aforementioned 11 people belonged to the UK, the US, Brazil, Argentina, France, Spain, and Poland after getting identified for abusing others during FIFA’s competitions. The FIFA report on abuse was made with their Social Media Protection Service (SMPS), set up in 2022 in association with players’ union FIFPRO to monitor, report, and block online abusive content in football.

Fifa is taking decisive action to protect players, coaches, teams, and match officials: Gianni Infantino

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said the following on the matter, “On the International Day for Tolerance, I want to make it abundantly clear that football must be a safe and inclusive space - on the pitch, in the stands and online. Through the Fifa social media protection service (SMPS) and by deploying advanced technology and human expertise, Fifa is taking decisive action to protect players, coaches, teams, and match officials from the serious harm that online abuse causes.”

Apart from that, FIFA also gave a statement on the abusive social media posts reported to the relevant authorities during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, held earlier in the summer in the United States of America (USA). It read, “During the tournament SMPS monitored 2,401 active accounts across five social media platforms covering players, coaches, teams and match officials participating at the groundbreaking tournament, with 5.9m posts analysed, 179,517 flagged for review and 20,587 reported to the relevant platforms.”

Moreover, since its inception in 2022, SMPS has led to more than 65,000 abusive social media posts being reported to the social media platforms.