The NCAA recently released a study that indicated a decrease in the misuse of social media that targeted students-athletes, including sports bookies, during March madness.
According to the study, athletes were targeted in 15 percent of the derogatory post related to march madness and the Group of Group published by the data science firm during 2025 men and women tournaments. This was a significant decline from the previous year’s tournaments, when 42 percent of the derogatory posts and comments of March’s madness were directed at student-athletes.
According to the NCAA report, the Aceggy Group watched this year’s data using its “Threat Matrix” technology for monitoring social-media accounts of 2,042 players, 346 coaches, 136 teams and 269 game officials and members of the selection committee.
More than 1 million posts and comments directed on these groups on X, Tiktok and Instagram were logged in and analyzed by artificial intelligence of signifies. Due to this, 54,096 posts and comments were flagged for possible misuse or danger. Among them, the human analysts of Signifes confirmed 3,161 as “derogatory or threatening”. Checked 103 social media accounts for his malicious activity and 10 of them referred to for law enforcement.
The group’s CEO said in a statement, “Supporting the NCAA that the abusers can be identified and it will be informed to the law enforcement – where criminal thresholds are broken – it is possible to see a preventive effect in the game.”
Other findings from the study: The misuse arising from sports bookies declined by 23 percent, all misuse directed by women’s insanity decreased by about 83 percent and all misuse in favor of men increased by 140 percent.
While Jibe cannot see a significant decline in men’s tournament and a significant decline in misuse directed on students-athletes, this difference is being directed on adults in the rapid growth of this year’s misconduct-as the coach and NCAA Tournament Selection Committee presided over the North Carolina Athletic Director Bubba.
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