Safe Sport blocked more than 234,000 abusive comments in its second year, ATP says
The ATP says its Safe Sport programme blocked more than 234,000 offensive comments in its second year of operation, with a real-time removal rate above 82%.
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A ATP divulgou nesta quinta-feira um balanço do Safe Sport, iniciativa que filtra mensagens dirigidas a tenistas e torcedores nos canais sociais da entidade e dos próprios atletas. No último ano, segundo a associação, mais de 234 mil comentários ofensivos foram bloqueados antes de chegar ao destinatário.
O projeto nasceu em 2024 e reúne a Tennis Data Innovations (TDI), a Arwen AI, a Social Protect e a Sportradar, empresa de tecnologia esportiva. O programa faz parte do esforço da ATP para cuidar do bem-estar de quem joga.
No segundo ano de atividade, o volume analisado superou 3,7 milhões de publicações. Mais de 284 mil foram tratadas como abusivas, e a taxa de remoção em tempo real ficou acima de 82%.
A entidade afirma, em texto publicado em seu site, que esse material sequer alcançou os atletas e os fãs, e que os números dimensionam o desafio enfrentado por quem vive do circuito.
Já a parcela de jogadores atingidos é alta: mais de 85% dos atletas com presença nas redes sofreram ataques, vindos de mais de 100 mil perfis distintos.
Além de moderar conteúdo, o Safe Sport reforçou a estrutura de proteção. Mais de 1,8 mil mensagens seguiram para avaliação de especialistas, junto com 690 alertas automáticos de ameaça.
Cada um deles foi examinado por investigadores treinados, que avaliaram o risco concreto para os tenistas e definiram se outras medidas eram necessárias.
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