(FILES) This picture taken on September 8, 2025 shows a woman walking past an advertisement for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture. Japan is fighting back against online abuse of athletes, and sports authorities have a warning for trolls planning to target competitors at this year's Asian Games: You are being watched. A team of Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) officials monitoring social media at the Milan-Cortina Olympics in Milan and Tokyo checked for posts abusing Japanese athletes around the clock, using both manual and AI searches. They worked in conjunction with tech giant Meta and Japanese company LINE Yahoo. The team asked social media companies to take down almost 2,000 posts using standard request procedures, and succeeded in having almost 600 removed. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) This illustration photograph taken on October 30, 2023, shows the Meta (former Facebook) logo on a smartphone in Mulhouse, eastern France. Japan is fighting back against online abuse of athletes, and sports authorities have a warning for trolls planning to target competitors at this year's Asian Games: You are being watched. A team of Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) officials monitoring social media at the Milan-Cortina Olympics in Milan and Tokyo checked for posts abusing Japanese athletes around the clock, using both manual and AI searches. They worked in conjunction with tech giant Meta and Japanese company LINE Yahoo. The team asked social media companies to take down almost 2,000 posts using standard request procedures, and succeeded in having almost 600 removed. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) This picture taken on September 7, 2025 shows a man walking past an advertisement for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games outside the Nagoya City General Gymnasium Rainbow Hall, the venue for artistic, rhythmic and trampoline gymnastics competitions, at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, which is currently under construction in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture. Japan is fighting back against online abuse of athletes, and sports authorities have a warning for trolls planning to target competitors at this year's Asian Games: You are being watched. A team of Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) officials monitoring social media at the Milan-Cortina Olympics in Milan and Tokyo checked for posts abusing Japanese athletes around the clock, using both manual and AI searches. They worked in conjunction with tech giant Meta and Japanese company LINE Yahoo. The team asked social media companies to take down almost 2,000 posts using standard request procedures, and succeeded in having almost 600 removed. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) This picture taken on September 7, 2025 shows BMX riders cycling at the Nagoya Keirin BMX Race Course, the venue for BMX competitions, at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture. Japan is fighting back against online abuse of athletes, and sports authorities have a warning for trolls planning to target competitors at this year's Asian Games: You are being watched. A team of Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) officials monitoring social media at the Milan-Cortina Olympics in Milan and Tokyo checked for posts abusing Japanese athletes around the clock, using both manual and AI searches. They worked in conjunction with tech giant Meta and Japanese company LINE Yahoo. The team asked social media companies to take down almost 2,000 posts using standard request procedures, and succeeded in having almost 600 removed. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime (C-front row), Haitian Football Federation (FHF) President Marie Monique Andre (4th-R), Sports Minister Pythagore Dumas (3rd-L) pose for a photo with other officials and players during a presentation to the Haitian Football Federation of World Cup qualification bonuses and team preparations at the Villa d'Accueil in Port-au-Prince, on April 8, 2026. (Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP via Getty Images)

Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime (2nd-R), Haitian Football Federation (FHF) President Marie Monique Andre (R), Sports Minister Pythagore Dumas (L) and player Woodensky Pierre pose for a photo during a presentation to the Haitian Football Federation of World Cup qualification bonuses and team preparations at the Villa d'Accueil in Port-au-Prince, on April 8, 2026. (Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP via Getty Images)

Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé (C), Haitian Football Federation (FHF) President Marie Monique André (R), and Sports Minister Pythagore Dumas (L) hold a check during a presentation to the Haitian Football Federation for World Cup qualification bonuses and team preparations at the Villa d'accueil in Port-au-Prince, on April 8, 2026. (Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP via Getty Images)

France's Sports Minister Marina Ferrari smiles as she leaves the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 8, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)