FIFA is using a specialist monitoring unit to track and analyse abusive social media posts directed at players, officials and teams during the World Cup.
The initiative aims to identify offending accounts and support efforts to tackle online abuse throughout the tournament.
Sky News sports correspondent Rob Harris was given access to FIFA’s data, showing the scale of abuse being directed at participants.
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