Overview

• The Sky formalized their partnership with Moonshot Technologies earlier this month, marking the WNBA’s first use of counter-terrorism-grade digital monitoring.
• Moonshot’s AI tools now scan more than 25 social media and internet platforms daily, including venues where players have no personal accounts, to condense millions of posts into a manageable number of potential threats.
• A dedicated team of human assessors reviews flagged content and escalates serious threats either to social media companies for removal or directly to law enforcement.
• Chicago Sky co-owner Nadia Rawlinson and Moonshot CEO Vidhya Ramalingam cited shared experiences as women of color as the basis for their values-driven collaboration.
• Players such as Ariel Atkins and Angel Reese have praised the move for removing off-court abuse and allowing them to concentrate on the game.