FIA-commissioned report takes aim at social media companies for not curbing online abuse in sports

An FIA-commissioned report on online abuse takes aim at social media companies for not doing more to curb targeted attacks toward everyone from athletes, officials and even fans. The United Against Online Abuse Campaign surveyed 22 global sporting federations, among them FIFA, World Athletics, the International Tennis Federation, and the FIA, which is the governing body for Formula One. The report released Thursday wondered why social media publishers aren’t immediately removing harmful content, pursuing perpetrators and banning them from the services when participants are targeted.