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WNBA is using a new technology this season to crush the “hate speech” among its fans.
The League announced a new initiative entitled “No space for hate” this week before the notice of the season. The campaign will include the use of social media monitoring tools that will help the League enforce a reviewed code of behavior.
“As part of the Comprehensive Plan, WNBA is implementing a technological solution with AI to monitor social networks activity, in association with players and teams, to help protect the community from discourse and hate of online hate,” reads the announcement.
Pak Gazette Digital has communicated with the WNBA to obtain more clarifications on how technology will be used, but has not received an answer.
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Cathy Engelbert talks to the media during the WNBA 2024 Draft on April 15, 2024, at the Brooklyn Music Academy in Brooklyn, New York. (Melanie Fidler/NBAE through Getty Images)
A code of revised behavior of WNBA fans includes regulations for fans on social networks and the threats of sanctioning those fans of the official content if they are raped. The new policy lists the racist, homophobic, sexist, sexual, threatening or libelous content as “subject to blocking or elimination.”
“Repeated violations of these guidelines can result in the infringer can no longer follow our news, comment on our publications or send us messages,” says politics. “In addition, any direct threat to players, referees or other league and team personnel can be sent to the police and can cause the offender to be prohibited in all areas and events of the WNBA.”
The League is scheduled to establish these new practices before a season that will cause the Caitlin Clark phenomenon to face the Archirrival Angel Reese on Saturday for its opening of the season.
Indiana de Clark fever will face Reese’s Chicago Sky in Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday, renewing the most popular rivalry in female basketball. The rivalry between Clark and Reese has been a hot bed for intense controversy, often lighting racial debates, which goes back to its confrontation in the NCAA 2023 championship game.
Reese has criticized Clark fans as “racist” and even claimed that they created explicit images generated by the star of heaven and sent them to their family members.
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Caitlin Clark, #22 of Indiana Fover, and Angel Reese, #5 from the sky of Chicago, observe during the game on June 1, 2024 in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Jeff Haynes/NBAE through Getty Images)
“I think they are only fans, their fans, Iowa fans, now Indiana fans, who are really fair, travel through it, and respect it, respectfully. But sometimes it is very disrespectful. I think there is a lot of racism when it comes to him,” Reese said in the first episode of his podcast in early September.
“Multiple occasions, people have made me naked images. They have sent it to my family members. My family members are like uncles, sending me as: ‘Are you naked on Instagram?’
Clark had also been at the end of racial comments during his rookie season in 2024, sometimes by figures in the main media.
Pat Mcafee de ESPN referred Clark as a “B —-” white “during an episode of his televised program at the national level on June 3 and then apologized. Mcafee used the term during a discussion about how much popularity was bringing Clark to the league, compared to other players, saying” I would like the media to continue saying: ‘This class of rookie of rookie ‘. No, just call it for what it is. Mcafee then apologized.
In May, the host of “The View” Sunny Hostins said during an episode of that program that Clark’s popularity was due, in part, to the “white privilege.”
At the end of September, Clark herself was forced to address accusations that her fans acted “racist” towards Connecticut Sun players during the fever playoff series last September.
Caitlin Clark, #22 of Indiana Fover, reacts against the Chicago sky during the fourth quarter in the game in Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 1, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Andy Lyons/Getty images)
Sun Connecticut The star Alyssa Thomas accused fans of the racist behavior of Indiana fever to journalists after the victory of Sun’s 2 game, while her teammate, Dijonai Carrington, revealed on Instagram an email she had received full of racial insults.
“We have been professionals throughout the matter, but they have never called me the things that I have been [called] In social networks, and there is no place for that, “said Thomas.” Basketball is directed in a great direction, but no, we do not want fans to degrade us and call us racial names. “
Later, the WNBA presented a statement that addresses the accusations, and was asked Clark about it during Indiana’s departure interviews.
“Those are not fans. Those are trolls,” Clark said when asked about it.
“No one in our league should face any kind of racism, comments and disrespectful or hurtful threats.”
