After learning the decision of the Roland Garros tournament in implant the Bodyguard technology to protect participants from cyberbullyingSloane Stephens claimed to have suffered it on their social networks. “It has been a problem for my whole career, it has never ended. On the contrary, in any case, it has gotten worse,” the American tennis player said at a press conference after beating the Czech Karolina Pliskova in the first round in Paris.
This new technology aims censor any offensive or racist comments from the official networks of the tournament, as well as the profiles of the players themselves. They only have to scan a QR that allows Bodyguard to enter the profiles of the tennis players to censor them with the aim of preserving their mental health. “I have heard of the program, although I have not used it. I have a lot of keywords banned on Instagram, but that doesn’t stop someone from writing an asterisk or writing it another way,” said the American, winner of the US Open in 2017 and finalist at the Bologna Forest in 2018.
In this situation, Stephens said it’s been something “I’ve had to deal with my whole career and something I’ll continue to deal with.” “When the FBI investigates what people say on the internet, it is very serious,” he continued. Regarding the current state of the situation, the one from Florida said that it had only gotten worse, since people have a free hand on the internet to say and do whatever they want, even behind fake pages.
sloane too spoke in Paris about his situation with Francis Roig, whom appointed as his coach in December 2022, after he left Rafa Nadal’s team. We don’t work together anymore. but obviously I worked with Francis for a long time. I spent many summers with him. We have a very good relationship, ”he said about it.
