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.

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.

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.

Women’s sport is thriving. With stadium sell-outs, attendance records repeatedly being broken, and 46.7 million fans watching women’s sport in 2023 – the visibility of women’s sport has never been higher. But Online Abuse is on a parralel track - how do we deal with that? Signify’s Georgia Relf explores the issue on International Women’s Day 2024

The ITF, WTA, AELTC and USTA have announced the launch of a Threat Matrix powered proactive monitoring initiative to protect athletes from online abuse and threats. Tennis players are subject to significant levels of social media abuse and other inappropriate online contact, which poses risks to preparation, performance and mental health. The service will begin on 1 January 2024.

The NCAA has announced an innovative engagement with Signify Group to provide its Threat Matrix artificial intelligence service to support the Association in studying and responding to online abuse and threats directed at NCAA Championship participants including student-athletes, coaches, officials and committee members.

Loughborough University and Signify Group have announced a strategic partnership that will see them collaborate on academic research and innovative data studies to explore and better understand the phenomenon of online abuse in sport.

Signify Group partnered with German Insurance provider ARAG to conduct a first-of-its-kind initiative, using AI to analyse online toxicity in Esports.  Working with over 5.5m comments on streams and posts from 250 e-sports talents over a 3 month period the study illuminates the true picture of online abuse in Esports.

World Rugby has selected Signify Group and our AI-driven Threat Matrix service to put an online protective shield around all tournament match officials, players and coaches at the Rugby World Cup 2023.