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ATP Safe Sport Flags 162,000 Abusive Posts in First Year

The AI-driven service shields top players by detecting and hiding severe abuse across their social feeds.

Overview

  • In its first year, the program scanned more than 3.1 million comments and hid over 162,000 rated severe that targeted 245 players.
  • Built with Tennis Data Innovations, Sportradar and Arwen AI, the tool operates in real time across players’ accounts and ATP channels and is available to Group 1 athletes.
  • Sportradar Integrity Services escalated more than 3,300 items, identified 68 perpetrators and initiated 28 referrals to law enforcement.
  • Protection now extends to email threats, impersonation attempts, deepfakes and scams, alongside new digital-literacy training through ATP University.
  • ATP says over a tenth of comments on player posts were abusive in typical cases, rising to 50% in extreme instances, and it plans stronger incident response and greater platform accountability.