New Monitoring Service to Shield Tennis Players from Online Abuse

Joint initiative by ITF, U.S. Tennis Association, All England Club and WTA, 'Threat Matrix' to launch on January 1.

The International Tennis Federation, U.S. Tennis Association, the All England Club and the women's WTA tour have jointly announced a new monitoring service, 'Threat Matrix', to protect tennis players from online abuse and threats.
The service, developed by AI company Signify Group, will operate in 35 languages and is set to launch on January 1.
Threat Matrix will monitor players' public-facing social media for abusive and threatening content on platforms including X (formerly known as Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.
The service aims to support the identification of abusers, against whom all available measures will be taken.
The men's ATP tour and organizers of the Australian Open and French Open were not part of the announcement.