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The French Tennis Federation (FFT) said that
artificial intelligence will be used to moderate comments
players receive on posts in real time - with responses analysed
in less than 200 milliseconds - and care will be taken about
what is censored.
"As part of its strategy to take care of the players' mental
health, the FFT decided to collaborate with 'Bodyguard' to fight
against cyberbullying," the FFT said in a statement.
"A team of linguists creates word patterns that enable the
system to be updated in real time according to what is posted on
social media, in order to generate a more contextual analysis."
The FFT added that the technology will be used to protect all
official FFT and Roland Garros social media accounts as well as
those of players who opt for it for the duration of the Grand
Slam and at least a week after the tournament has ended.
Social media platforms that will be monitored are Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok and Discord.
"We will not accept any form of violence at our tournament," FFT
director Caroline Flaissier said.
"We're very proud to be the first Grand Slam tournament to offer
players a solution that efficiently protects them against
cyberbullying.
"We want to protect players from this damaging behaviour, to
enable them to be in peak mental condition when they compete in
the tournament."
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by
Christian Radnedge)
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