During the Miami Grand Prix weekend, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem met with Elon Musk To discuss online abuse.
When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October last year, part of his planned reforms of the popular social media website was to allow for better free speech. This has triggered a negative backlash from users who feel it will enable more hate speech and abuse on the platform.
Musk, the owner of popular Twitter media, was a meadow guest at the Miami Grand Prix last weekend. FIA has been directly combating online abuse for several months now. Last year, it launched a campaign to raise awareness and drive out toxic abuse from its platforms.
FIA has said they are doing everything possible to battle against the online abuse F1A drivers and personnel face on social media. Last year, the sport's governing body launched its dedicated research center into online hating abodes when it released a white paper entitled "A Strategic Response To Online Hate Speech In Sport." It became the first governing body of sport to launch its dedicated research center into online hate, according to RN356.
The white paper sets out the "hold and collaborative approach" the governing body will adopt to confront online toxicity, using AI technology to moderate content on social channels.
Twitter's CEO Elon Musk was among the many high-profile celebrities who attended the F1 Miami GP 2023 last weekend. As per News, FIA president Muhammed Ben Sulayem took to his social media to welcome the Tesla co-founder. He said that he spoke with the American about tackling the issue of online hate on Twitter. He wrote: "Great to meet Elon Musk at the Miami GP and discuss our mutual efforts to combat online abuse."
Aston Martin, two-time world champion and F1 driver Fernando Alonso said he's not a keen supporter of pre-race introductions that happened ahead of the Miami GP on Sunday. He said: "I understand the point of view of everybody. However, I'm not a big fan of those things just before the race.
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FIA revealed that 2,400 messages described as "severely toxic" had been blocked from appearing on social media through AI. In December 2022, also in a trial period, Mercedes discovered that the toxic and unwanted comments had been reduced by around 70% across their social media channels.