Olivia Smart (Olympian, top 10 finisher at World Championships with Adria Diaz, currently skating with Tim Dieck) shared video mentioning BULLYING through social media. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAN-xzXu5kN/?igsh=NmJ3YmJlbnUyZDRn
Here is script of what she said: https://fs-gossips.com/12794/
"...Long story short, I’m addressing something people don’t usually address because one – what’s the point; two – it’s a little scary; and three – I don’t want to look like a bad person. But there are some people online who really have an opinion. You can have your favorite team, you can have your favorite program, you can have your favorite costume – absolutely, that’s what our sport is about. I love my sport, and I continue because of the support and the fans. But there are some apps out there, not calling any names, where the figure skating fans behind the computer like to have their say. And also, during competitions, we’re recommended not to go on social media and not to look at these things, but sometimes we do. So I, of course, opened Twitter sometimes. Oh man, did I open the app to some stuff yesterday, and not just opinion stuff, there were some mean things written on there. Whether you liked the program, whether you liked the skater, whether you liked the costume, verbal abuse on social media should not be tolerated.
And I’m saying that as a grown confident woman; opening the app yesterday and seeing what was written about myself really brought me down. So imagine these kids getting into the sport, going to use social media, and they go online and see these comments. We see your comments, we see everything. We’re of this generation where social media is such a huge thing. We see everything, unfortunately. So to whoever said I should have stuck with that ‘Dancing on Ice’ paycheck. I’m glad I didn’t. I loved what I did on the show. I came back for myself, for my fans, for the rest of my dreams in figure skating. I want them all to know: we see what you say, and it’s bullying and it hurts. And I’m doing this for fun; I’m doing it because I love it. So I know this video is not going to stop what’s going on online, but as long as I can bring awareness to skaters, to younger kids, let it not go too far.
I want to put this out because I love what I do, I love my sport, I love the people in it, and I want it to stay happy and healthy. Thank you to everybody who supports people in my world of figure skating, and I love you.”
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ISU CODE OF ETHICS:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...QQFnoECBAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3Mm2dhHAKZo-NiNm9TwJEX
Taken from this document:
“Online abuse” is a type of “psychological abuse”. “Online abuse” encompasses various forms of harmful behavior on digital platforms. It entails the use of violent, aggressive hate speech, directed at an individual or a specific subgroup sharing a common identity."
...Anyone affected by or who has observed an alleged incident of harassment or abuse during the period of an ISU Event or any other ISU activity may either file a Statement of Complaint against the Alleged Offender in accordance with the ISU Disciplinary Rules of Procedure (currently ISU Communication No. 2551) or report the incident in writing or verbally to one of the following persons:
- The ISU Representative for the ISU Event;
- The ISU Event Director / Manager;
- The Chair of the ISU Medical Commission;
- The designated ISU Safeguarding Officer, currently Ms. Cristina Ibarra ([email protected]), who can also provide guidance to any individual regarding whether and how to report to the ISU observed or suspected harassment or abuse, in particular of an athlete;..."
Here is script of what she said: https://fs-gossips.com/12794/
"...Long story short, I’m addressing something people don’t usually address because one – what’s the point; two – it’s a little scary; and three – I don’t want to look like a bad person. But there are some people online who really have an opinion. You can have your favorite team, you can have your favorite program, you can have your favorite costume – absolutely, that’s what our sport is about. I love my sport, and I continue because of the support and the fans. But there are some apps out there, not calling any names, where the figure skating fans behind the computer like to have their say. And also, during competitions, we’re recommended not to go on social media and not to look at these things, but sometimes we do. So I, of course, opened Twitter sometimes. Oh man, did I open the app to some stuff yesterday, and not just opinion stuff, there were some mean things written on there. Whether you liked the program, whether you liked the skater, whether you liked the costume, verbal abuse on social media should not be tolerated.
And I’m saying that as a grown confident woman; opening the app yesterday and seeing what was written about myself really brought me down. So imagine these kids getting into the sport, going to use social media, and they go online and see these comments. We see your comments, we see everything. We’re of this generation where social media is such a huge thing. We see everything, unfortunately. So to whoever said I should have stuck with that ‘Dancing on Ice’ paycheck. I’m glad I didn’t. I loved what I did on the show. I came back for myself, for my fans, for the rest of my dreams in figure skating. I want them all to know: we see what you say, and it’s bullying and it hurts. And I’m doing this for fun; I’m doing it because I love it. So I know this video is not going to stop what’s going on online, but as long as I can bring awareness to skaters, to younger kids, let it not go too far.
I want to put this out because I love what I do, I love my sport, I love the people in it, and I want it to stay happy and healthy. Thank you to everybody who supports people in my world of figure skating, and I love you.”
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ISU CODE OF ETHICS:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...QQFnoECBAQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3Mm2dhHAKZo-NiNm9TwJEX
Taken from this document:
“Online abuse” is a type of “psychological abuse”. “Online abuse” encompasses various forms of harmful behavior on digital platforms. It entails the use of violent, aggressive hate speech, directed at an individual or a specific subgroup sharing a common identity."
...Anyone affected by or who has observed an alleged incident of harassment or abuse during the period of an ISU Event or any other ISU activity may either file a Statement of Complaint against the Alleged Offender in accordance with the ISU Disciplinary Rules of Procedure (currently ISU Communication No. 2551) or report the incident in writing or verbally to one of the following persons:
- The ISU Representative for the ISU Event;
- The ISU Event Director / Manager;
- The Chair of the ISU Medical Commission;
- The designated ISU Safeguarding Officer, currently Ms. Cristina Ibarra ([email protected]), who can also provide guidance to any individual regarding whether and how to report to the ISU observed or suspected harassment or abuse, in particular of an athlete;..."
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