Report: ‘Angry gamblers’ behind half of abusive tennis social media posts

The four governing bodies said that ‘angry gamblers’, who bet on matches and vent their frustration on social networks when their bets fail, represented 48% of abusive messages detected in 2024. — AP

PARIS: Tennis chiefs revealed on Dec 19 that “angry gamblers” accounted for almost half of abusive social media posts targeting top tennis stars.

The AI-led Threat Matrix, launched by the ITF, WTA, Wimbledon and the US Open, analysed nearly 2.5 million posts on X, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok between January and October this year.