World Athletics study: Women faced 87pc social media abuse during Tokyo Games | Malay Mail

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LONDON, Nov 25 — Women were the target of 87 per cent of the social media abuse that a sample of athletes faced during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to a World Athletics study published today. The research, carried out in collaboration with data science company Signify Group, found that the...

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LONDON, Nov 25 — Women were the target of 87 per cent of the social media abuse that a sample of athletes faced during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, according to a World Athletics study published today.

The study included a sample of 161 Twitter handles of current and former athletes involved in the Tokyo Games, from a list of 200 athletes selected by World Athletics. The study identified 132 discriminatory posts, while 10 per cent of abuse consisted of transphobic and homophobic material.

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