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.