Jonathan Hirshler Jonathan Hirshler

Landmark prosecution for online abuse of Rugby World Cup match official

Following work at the Rugby World Cup 2023, Signify welcomed the prosecution of an individual who sent abusive messages on social media targeting a Rugby World Cup 2023 match official and members of his family. The Television Match Official (TMO) and his wife received threatening and abusive messages via Facebook during the major event in France last year.

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Jonathan Hirshler Jonathan Hirshler

Protecting Women’s Sport from Online Abuse - Intl Women’s Day 2024

Women’s sport is thriving. With stadium sell-outs, attendance records repeatedly being broken, and 46.7 million fans watching women’s sport in 2023 – the visibility of women’s sport has never been higher. But Online Abuse is on a parralel track - how do we deal with that? Signify’s Georgia Relf explores the issue on International Women’s Day 2024

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