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Who Do Fans Follow When a Formula 1 Driver Changes Teams? Fan Loyalty and the Redirection of Online Abuse.

Driver transfers can do more than reshape the Formula 1 grid. They can disrupt established relationships between fans, drivers and teams, forcing supporters to reconsider where their loyalty lies. Researchers at ESBS European Sport Business School are examining these moments to understand how shifts in loyalty, disappointment and perceived betrayal may influence online hostility, with […]

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United Against Online Abuse Coalition expands global expertise in teck advancement and threats with three new partners

Social Protect (Australia), TrollWall AI (Slovakia), and Cyberette (Netherlands) have signed the United Against Online Abuse Charter to join the fight against online abuse in global sport. The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, has announced an expansion of its United Against Online Abuse (UAOA) coalition, welcoming three distinct […]

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Mapping Online Abuse in Sport Discussion Forums

Online abuse in sport is often most visible when it is directed at individual athletes. But those cases are only part of the picture. Every day, fans react to performances, results and decisions across online communities, shaping a much wider climate of conversation around sport. By analysing discussions on Flashback and Reddit, researchers at Stockholm […]

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Beyond Recognition: How Future Sport Professionals Respond to Online Abuse

Future coaches, teachers and sport professionals are likely to encounter online abuse not only as users of digital platforms, but also as people others may turn to in times of need. Research at Charles University in Prague offers an early picture of how prepared these future leaders are to recognise, reject and respond to harmful […]

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United Aaginst Online Abuse Coalition launches international research network

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, hosted the United Against Online Abuse (UAOA) Coalition for its second quarterly convening on Tuesday 11 August, where it announced the launch of the UAOA International Research Network (UAOA IRN) as part of its efforts to coordinate the […]

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Leading figures across the Formula 1 paddock unite to tackle Online Abuse

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide has today held the inaugural United Against Online Abuse Day, bringing together the global motorsport community to tackle online abuse in sport. “Online abuse has no place in sport” was the unified message delivered by […]

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