England's top soccer league employs a group of researchers who are responsible for unmasking the identities of online trolls who allegedly harass players and seeking convictions from local governments if they believe the social media users have broken the law.A team of seven people said they manage between 50-100 reports per week about online abuse toward English Premier League players‚ both in the men's and women's divisions.Using tactics that were originally developed to identify online sources that were illegally posting clips of soccer games‚ the group is now seeking out individuals who send threatening or harassing messages to its league's players.The soccer players have allegedly seen an increase in messages that include racism‚ misogyny‚ transphobia‚ or homophobia‚ the BBC noted. Interestingly‚ reports have shown that the vast majority of the messages do not come from England‚ however‚ meaning the league officials are pursuing cruel commentary from abroad.The Daily Mail reported that 70% of abusive comments came from overseas‚ while the BBC's report had that number at 80%."We don't often see repeat infringers - the same person sending the same messages. We often see it as one outburst‚ rather than a real spiral of abuse aimed at one particular individual‚" said investigative group leader Tim Cooper."I don't know if 'troll' is a bit too polite a word for some of the people that send the abuse‚" Cooper said‚ adding that the group looks out for "trigger incidents" during games. The online sleuths pay close attention to controversial moments in games and admit to proactively looking for allegedly abusive words while referencing a list of terms‚ comments‚ and phrases.When the group believes the comments or messages have elevated to the level of a crime‚ they seek convictions in the proper jurisdiction.This happened in the case of a 19-year-old from Singapore who was convicted of harassing one English league player‚ Neal Maupay. Cooper said his team "instantly" jumped into action when they received word about abuse of Maupay. They used public information‚ likely from a background-checking website‚ to link usernames‚ avatars‚ and accounts to find the man's identity. He was subsequently sentenced to nine months' probation‚ community service‚ and was forced to undergo psychological or psychiatric treatment."We wanted to get a message out there that doesn't matter where you are in the world‚ we will hopefully - if you send abuse - be able to find you and be able to take action‚" Cooper bragged.Maupay has given multiple statements regarding online abuse and has publicized sample comments he received. In August 2023‚ Maupay complained about an anonymous account commenting‚ "Hi‚ I hope your mom is in grave" after his team lost‚ remarking that "no one should ever deal with this" in reference to the comment.The player was one of the first reported athletes to refer his unwanted comments to league officials when he received threats that allegedly read‚ "Your family will be attacked later in the day just watch‚" and‚ "You think by reporting my account you're safe? I will kill you and your family." Everton Football Club condemns all forms of personal abuse directed towards our players and their families or any Club staff on social media. \n\nWe stand firmly against such behaviour and are investigating the social media accounts that have targeted Neal Maupay. \n\nWe also\u2026 — (@) While some comments can breach the legal threshold for harassment‚ the league has understandably faced criticism over censorship and an overreach into social media commentary.Cooper justified his team's actions by citing some comments as "really nasty abuse." The online investigator also alluded to the idea that some commentary should not be allowed to be posted online."We are not removing people's general thoughts or comments on a particular player‚ on a match or on the league itself‚" Cooper said. "We're dealing with stuff that's really horrible and shouldn't have any place online‚" he claimed. \ud83d\udde3 \u201cRacism or abuse is not OK and we are fighting it\u201d\n\n@OfficialBHAFC\u2019s frontman Neal Maupay on reporting racist online abuse\n\n#NoRoomForRacism | https://t.co/iak8EK09Hc — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Houston Police Department has suspended more than 260‚000 criminal cases over the past eight years. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said that this is due to the department's "lack of personnel" code‚ according to Fox News Digital.While Finner said last week that the "lack of personnel" suspended more than 4‚000 cases of alleged sexual assault‚ a closer investigation found that the code applied to all the other departments too. The report noted that about 264‚000 incident reports have been suspended due to the shortage since 2016. The incident reports that have been suspended make up approximately 10% of the 2.8 million reports that have been filed since 2016. Finner noted that of the 264‚000 reports‚ around 100‚000 of those are property crimes. KRIV reported that the Houston Police Department released a statement on Monday concerning‚ stating:Our review of adult sex crime cases suspended with a code of "lack of personnel" has expanded to include all other divisions in the department found to be using that same code. We have determined that department-wide approximately 264‚000 such incident reports since 2016 were suspended with this code. That figure represents about 10% of the 2.8 million incident reports filed with HPD in the past eight years. Of those 264‚000 reports‚ about 100‚000 of them are property crimes. Our efforts to review sexual assault incident reports and contact potential victims continue. We are also moving additional personnel to other investigative divisions to address these incident reports involving crimes against persons. — (@) Finner said he first became aware that the lack of manpower was suspending alleged sexual assault cases in November 2021 and had ordered the department to stop using the code. Despite Finner's efforts to stop the suspension of these sexual assault cases‚ he was made aware in February 2024 that these cases were still being suspended due to a lack of manpower. As a result‚ sexual assault allegations were not actively being investigated. — (@) "Am I proud about this? No‚ I'm angry‚ okay‚ because I know we are better‚ and we are going to make it right‚ and we will make it right‚" Finner said last week‚ noting that the department is still running short on staff.Houston Mayor John Whitmore also commented on the development‚ saying‚ "I am very concerned. It is unacceptable‚ and I have instructed Chief Finner to be transparent and continue his review as a top priority.""Public safety continues to be my highest priority."Finner said he would hold a news briefing about the issue later in the week. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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