An output of the machine learning analysis of 2.3 million tweets by ‘Ofcom’
Twitter data proved that Cristiano Ronaldo, The Striker of Manchester United, and Harry Maguire, the center-back player of United are the most abused players. Both United’s legends have received thousands of abusive tweets over their performances in Premier League. According to ‘Ofcom’ (a government-approved regulatory unit in the UK) data analysis report, “2.3 million messages directed at Premier League players over the first five months of the 2021-22 season.
Ronaldo, whose future seems to ebb in United over the last few months has received 12,520 vulgar. Whereas, Maguire has got 8,945 offensive tweets. As per Ofcom’s findings, a total of 60,000 tweets were filtered from the period of August 2021 until the First Month of 2022 Year.
The data revealed 60,000 tweets deemed disrespectful, with 68% of players in the flight having received minimum one post in that period. Nearly 75% of Premier League players have seen vulgar reactions of fans and some of them received daily abuse, said an Ofcom official during the data in public.
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Today our #CrossingTheLine report shines a light on the dark side of the national game of football. We found that 1 in 3 fans saw abuse targeting a footballer last year, rising to 42% for fans of the women’s game, added Ofcom officials.
Highlights of ‘Ofcom analysis’ on abusive tweets over footballers:
Ofcom discloses machine-learning analysis of 2.3 million tweets in the first half of last season
Nearly 60,000 abusive posts sent in the period, affecting seven in ten Premier League players
Just twelve players receive half of all abuse – each receiving an average of 15 abusive tweets daily
Ofcom event hears from Gary Lineker, the former English Football Professional and others about this serious problem in the national game
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