Were abusive, 13 times more than the last World Cup. Racist abuse was the single biggest type. To protect players, Fifa uses a service that scans their accounts and automatically hides abusive comments before they even see them. But Fifa says that even with a bigger tournament and better detection factored in, racist abuse online is genuinely getting worse.
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