The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) has appointed Signify Group to provide comprehensive online safeguarding and threat assessment during the FEI World Championships Aachen 2026. This marks a significant step forward in protecting athletes, officials and the wider equestrian community from online abuse.

The second annual report from World Tennis and the WTA builds on the pioneering partnership established between the Global Tennis Tours and the Threat Matrix team to protect players from online abuse throughout the entire season. Every WTA and World Tennis player is now covered by Threat Matrix.

Congratulations to World Rugby for setting a new benchmark in protecting players, match officials and their families from online abuse during the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025.

The findings, published this week in World Rugby's Social Media Protection Service report, are a powerful reminder of the challenge facing women's sport.

Online abuse linked to sports betting is real - and on the rise. Signify Group partners with IC360 and Fanatics Sportsbook to launch groundbreaking Bad Actor Program to tackle this problem. The new initiative introduces accountability for sports bettors who abuse, harass or threaten athletes, coaches and officials online.

Signify Group is proud to confirm that our Threat Matrix service has been engaged to protect players and coaches representing Japan - the defending champions - at the 2026 World Baseball Classic which takes place between 5-17 March and involves 20 national teams.

As experts in the proliferation of online abuse, Signify’s Research team have looked at comparisons from other parts of social media, with a deep-dive into health misinformation on Instagram following a meningitis outbreak in Kent. Drawing parallels to COVID-19-era misinformation, the team analyzed 1.5k posts illuminating how a small share of content drove disproportionately high engagement.

Signify Group has strengthened its commitment to protecting athletes and officials from online abuse through a new partnership with the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Signify are working with BWF to introduce enhanced investigative capabilities, structured reporting processes, and new educational tools for the global badminton community.

Signify Group were invited to the DCMS Women's Sport Taskforce Roundtable — hosted by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth, Stephanie Peacock MP — because the online abuse directed at female athletes demands both urgent attention and solid evidence.

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has appointed Signify Group and our artificial intelligence (AI) service Threat Matrix to provide protection against online abuse and threats in top-tier women’s and men’s road cycling.

With women’s sport facing distinct and often more complex issues as its profile continues to grow rapidly, Chelsea FC Women will use Signify’s Threat Matrix to proactively monitor and tackle online abuse targeting players, coaches, and staff.

Sanjay Bhandari MBE joins Signify Group as a Strategic Adviser. Currently Chairman of Anti-Racism Charity Kick It Out - Sanjay holds exceptional experience across sport, governance, and online safety and will strengthen Signify’s Leadership team, supporting growth and reach across sport.

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) along with the four provinces and Rugby Players Ireland (RPI) has appointed Signify Group and our industry-leading service, Threat Matrix, to provide year-round protection against online abuse and threats for participants right across its game.

We are proud to confirm that the International Ski and Snowboard Federation [FIS] has teamed up with Signify Group, and our artificial intelligence Threat Matrix service, to protect over 1,000 athletes and officials from online abuse and threat. The agreement follows an initial three-month pilot study conducted in 2024.

The International Ice Hockey Federation [IIHF] has joined forces with Signify Group, and our artificial intelligence Threat Matrix service to protect players and officials from online abuse and threat.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF), Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) and United States Tennis Association (USTA) have unveiled the findings of a coordinated approach to combat online abuse against players, officials, and the wider tennis family - powered by Threat Matrix.

Joe Sayers, Senior Insights Lead at Manchester United FC, has joined Signify Group’s growing sports division as Group Sports Insights Director. Joe will lead the growth of Signify’s Fan Insight offering utilising AI and massive data sets to help sports clubs, leagues, brands, event owners and athletes to understand their fans on a deeper level.

In a bid to protect sport from the increasing threat of online abuse connected to sports betting, Signify Group and EPIC Global Solutions are joining forces to provide more comprehensive protection for athletes, teams, and sports organisations. 

We are proud to announce that we have been supporting broadcaster Eni Aluko in her campaign against online abuse. Signify’s Threat Matrix social media protection service has been supporting Eni in detecting, reporting, and investigating abusive and threatening social media content targeting her directly.

No-one really cares about the UK General Election. Signify’s ShareScore technology tells you what people really care about. In this insight study, we have looked at whether voters care about the UK General Election (Spoiler: Not really), as we run a deep dive into which parties and leaders drove the highest levels of public interest.

Following work at the Rugby World Cup 2023, Signify welcomed the prosecution of an individual who sent abusive messages on social media targeting a Rugby World Cup 2023 match official and members of his family. The Television Match Official (TMO) and his wife received threatening and abusive messages via Facebook during the major event in France last year.