• Successful charges and law enforcement cases pending in multiple jurisdictions as a result of ground-breaking partnership with Signify Group
• More than 900 accounts monitored with over 1,600 abusive accounts flagged to platforms resulting in 90 per cent removal of most serious content
• Recommendations to help World Rugby understand how to mitigate abuse at source, furthering protection
• Ambition to roll out online protection service across rugby to protect match officials, players and deter future abuse

Pending law enforcement cases are among the key actions and outcomes from the ground-breaking online protection service put in place to support match officials and players across men’s Rugby World Cup 2023, also delivering unique insights for World Rugby to convert into meaningful action.

More than 900 social media accounts, including those belonging to all match officials with public-facing social accounts (including their families) and World Rugby’s official channels, were comprehensively monitored by Signify Group during the seven-week tournament held in France, the biggest service of its kind in the sport. It supported a wider promotion of the sport’s values at the showcase event.

The impact of the service comes as World Rugby releases the trailer for ‘Whistleblowers,’ an access-all-areas film following the match officials’ journey to and through Rugby World Cup 2023, which also highlights the scale of online abuse they faced. The ground-breaking film will launch via...

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