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From Visual Capitalist
6/19/2023
FIFA social media tool for Women's World Cup players
Soccer's world governing body FIFA
said on Sunday that all teams at the 2023 Women's World Cup will get a package
of social media tools designed to protect players from online abuse.
The Social Media Protection Service
(SMPS), developed by FIFA and the players' union FIFPRO, will monitor and
moderate hate speech on social media and will hide harmful content from the
players.
"Discrimination is a criminal
act," said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. "With the help of this
tool, we’ll identify the perpetrators and report them to the authorities so
that they are punished for their actions."
Several teams in this year's Women's
World Cup, which will be held in Australia and New Zealand from July 20-Aug.
20, will implement the moderation element of the service immediately to limit visibility of online abuse.
The tool was offered to players at
the 2022 men's World Cup in Qatar. 38% of identifiable abuse came from accounts
based in Europe, with 36% from South America.
The SMPS scanned over 20 million
posts and comments on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube
throughout the men's tournament in Qatar.
Specialist artificial intelligence and two layers of human analysis flagged 20,000 social media posts that were abusive, discriminatory, or threatening.
From Reuters and VOA News (adapted)
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European companies will hire refugees
Multinational companies announced that they will hire more than 13,000 refugees over the next three years in Europe.
Just ahead of World Refugee Day more than 40 corporations say they will hire, connect to work, or
train 250,000 refugees, with 13,680 of them getting jobs directly in those
companies.
110 million people are displaced
worldwide, with an estimated 12 million from Ukraine, nearly half of whom are
living in Europe after the continent's largest movement of refugees since World
War II.
The hiring push in Europe was
organized by the Tent Partnership for Refugees, a nonprofit that connects
businesses and refugees. The group's first summit in the U.S. last year led to
commitments to hire 22,725 refugees.
"This is good for us as a
company because the opportunity to add diversity to our workforce will continue
to make us a stronger company," said Ofori Agboka, Amazon vice president
overseeing human resources. "With diversity brings innovation, creativity,
different insights."
He said the vast majority of jobs
will be hourly roles at fulfillment and storage centers and in transport and
delivery.
Companies are hoping refugees can fill staffing needs after the economy bounced back from the pandemic. In Europe, unemployment is at its lowest since the euro currency was introduced in 1999.
"We're seeing record levels of
demand for our properties across many markets here in Europe," Marriott
International CEO Anthony Capuano said. "And so we are hiring aggressively
to make sure we can accommodate our guests as demand ramps up."
Marriott's jobs will largely be
hourly positions such as housekeepers, kitchen staff and front desk attendants.
From Associated Press and VOA News (adapted)
6/15/2023
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