FIFA is using a specialist monitoring unit to track and analyse abusive social media posts directed at players, officials and teams during the World Cup. The initiative aims to identify offending accounts and support efforts to tackle online abuse throughout the tournament. Sky News sports correspondent Rob Harris was given access to FIFA's data, showing the scale of abuse being directed at participants. Read more: https://news.sky.com/ #skynews #worldcup #socialmedia #fifa #dallas #usa SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Listen to our new podcast This is Why, available for free here: https://podfollow.com/thisiswhy To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales