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Japan sets up '24/7' task force to combat online abuse during Winter Olympics
A 22-person team in Japan and Milan monitors athlete abuse online 24/7 with legal support, responding to increased insults seen at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- On Monday, Japan Chef de Mission Hidehito Ito said the Japanese Olympic Committee is setting up a special task force for 24/7 online abuse monitoring during the Milan Cortina Winter Games from both Japan and Milan.
- Following Paris 2024 and other events, a barrage of insults at the Paris 2024 Games and Hana Kimura's 2020 death spurred the Japanese government to enact penalties introduced in 2022 and a bill passed in 2024.
- The task force includes 22 staff members, with a lawyer at each location, and officials say experts will monitor posts and coordinate closely with the IOC.
- The JOC will ask platforms to delete harmful posts, aiming to prevent athletes from seeing abuse, and may report excessive content to police or seek legal action.
- Because of time differences, teams operate from both Japan and Milan to ensure continuous coverage, and JOC officials are mindful of cultural differences in online practices, adjusting tactics using experience from the World Athletics Championships.
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Japan sets up task force to combat online abuse during Winter Olympics
The Japanese Olympic Committee has set up a special task force to monitor and deal with online abuse round the clock during the Milan Cortina Winter Games. The move comes after several athletes at the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024 endured a barrage of insults on social media. The situation…
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