British police open investigations into the women’s euro

England won the Women’s Euro (Maya Hetty/Getty)

UEFA revealedUEFAOn Wednesday, the police announced that the police had opened 7 investigations into offensive content online, during the events of the World Cup Nations of Europe For ladies recently hosted by England.

And the British news agency “BA Media” reported that all data from the UEFA reporting platform, which was launched at the beginning of the tournament, was shared with the English authorities.

And “UEFA”, added that more than half of the violations, which were revealed last Sunday in the final match of the tournament, were classified as hate speech, and 189 publications were referred to on social media for their follow-up, during the match between England and Germany in the final of the tournament, and came Of these, according to a UEFA report, 119 are eligible to be reported to social media platforms for removal.

UEFA explained that to facilitate the task, all data was shared with the English police, with 7 investigations opened, according to the statement, which promised to expand the scope of monitoring in all women’s tournaments and final matches, during the next three years.

The statement continued: “The measures related to online abuse will continue, even following the final whistle at Wembley. UEFA will build on lessons learned over the past month, to focus on all youth, women’s and men’s final matches.”

Hate speech dominated 51 percent of the content referred to in the final, while 45 percent of the content was classified as sexist, while racism constituted 2 percent.

Most of the offensive content in the final match, 58 percent, was directed directly to the competing teams, while 19 percent of the offenses were directed at the competition itself and its accounts.

Men and women referees were targeted, with 12 percent of the content referred to, while the players received 10 percent, and coaches / coaches received 1 percent of the hate content, and “UEFA” indicated that 60 percent of the referred content had been removed since the beginning of the nations competitions. Europe “Euro 2022”.