Roughly net hatred against 353 in the Olympics-now AI scan is also introduced in 2026
DN has previously written about it AI scan As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched during the Summer Olympics 2024.
For the first time in Olympic history, artificial intelligence was used to vacuum athletes’ open social media accounts.
The system was looking for all types of network hatred (threats, sexism, racism and violations), flagged to the large platforms and made sure that hateful comments removed – preferably before the active even had to see them.
Now comes the same Tools to be used during the Winter Olympics in Italy in 2026. This says Johan Flodin, who is the sports manager and responsible for so-called safguarding (security-creating work) at the Swedish Olympic Committee.
– It has not come out officially yet, but that is the plan, he says.
The IOC has also presented the outcome of this summer’s AI scan.
It illustrates the problems with net hatred against athletes black on white.
All Olympic athletes Open social media accounts were included in the documentation, unless the athlete did not decline participation. Some leaders and coaches also jumped on the program.
The system analyzed 2.4 million posts and comments in 20,000 accounts, in real time and in 35 different languages, the IOC writes on its homepage.
● 152,000 items were flagged as a potentially net hatred by AI.
● 10,200 entries were confirmed as network hate and reported to the social media giants for removal.
● Behind the hatred, 8,900 unique accounts hid.
● 353 Olympic participants were subjected to rough net hatred, directed directly to them as persons.
– These are huge numbers. The figure should be zero, says biathlon star Elvira Öberg as in Vintrats told that she was subjected to net hatred with gross language use.
– It’s too bad, of society, or what to say.
The international ski association (Fart) introduces This year a corresponding AI tool that will protect the active outside the Olympic weeks.
Cross -country skier Linn Svahn comments:
– There is a lot of hatred that comes with the help of bottoms and AI. It is not only people who sit behind a screen, but there is a major problem with disinformation and dissemination of rumors and hatred.
– So you can help reduce it is good.
The Olympic athletes that included In the IOC’s scan this summer, it has been able to request in retrospect to see what has been removed from their social media accounts, says SOK sports manager Johan Flodin.
– There were some pieces with us who wanted the comments left. Who even found it comical. But there were very few, he says.
There are no figures on exactly how many Swedish athletes were affected and nothing caused a police report. But Flodin generally continues on the statistics of the Paris Olympics:
– So -called « Cyber Abuse » is one of the biggest problems. Of course, I think it is very tragic but it is very good that something is done.
The IOC can create a « sanctuary » from network hate during the Olympics, he continues.
– But then there is also reason from a performance perspective to recommend not being too much on social media during an important competition, regardless. It can cost a lot of mental energy.
The biathlon Sebastian Samuelsson has for many years been a front figure in the fight against the injustice of sports and doping. For that he has been forced receive both hatred and threats.
– I see it as a social problem, and sports are not spared it, he says.
He is positive that the AI scan will now also be used during the Winter Olympics.
– You can put words (in the settings) on your social media, which will flag for some comments. But it feels very much for me to try to predict what words people use.
– This tool sounds like a very smart thing. On the one hand, you do not have to read bad comments. On the one hand, I see it as a responsibility that others should not have to. You feel some responsibility for your own channels.
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