The French Open is using AI to supposedly protect players from racist abuse, but Sloane Stephens says racist abuse is getting worse.
She said it's gotten worse and has reached a worrying level.American Sloane Stephens has said online racist abuse of players has got worse, following her victory over Karolina Pliskova at Roland Garros.
But although everything went smoothly on the court for the American, she said racist abuse of players had got worse. The software provided by organisers for the first time is able to identify and remove racist and other forms of hate speech, and the French Tennis Federation has made it available to all players at the tournament.
"When there is FBI investigations going on with what people are saying to you online, it's very serious," she said.
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