The Chicago Sky revealed a first-of-its-kind collaboration in an attempt to restrict targeted harassment against its players and staff.

- The Chicago Sky partnered with online security firm Moonshot to fight online hate, harassment, and abuse targeting gamers and coaches.

• The group is the very first in the WNBA to execute technology to monitor hazards throughout social networks and the dark web.
• The move comes amidst rising abuse in women's sports, with the Sky distinctively at the center provided their prominent star Angel Reese.
  
  According to a Tuesday, the club partnered with online security company Moonshot to "utilize national security innovation to keep the team's complete lineup safe," becoming the first WNBA group to go into such an arrangement.
  
  "Hate and harassment have no location in sports," said Nadia Rawlinson, co-owner and operating chairman of the Chicago Sky. "Our partnership with Moonshot has to do with proactively tackling online hate, harassment, and abuse across social networks and on the dark web, so our players and coaches can concentrate on the video game of basketball and thrilling our fans around the world."
  
  Moonshot, according to the release, is a leading global companies to end online abuse and violence, with prior collaborations consisting of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic groups, teams across NCAA sports, along with major tech business such as Google, Facebook, and Spotify.
  
  The arrangement's goal eventually seeks to resolve the list of online harassment the Sky's athletes face, determine and eliminate concerning content, assess and mitigate dangers, and attack underlying causes and chauffeurs of online abuse thanks to a devoted group of online security professionals.
  
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  "The data is generously clear. Female professional athletes, especially females of color and members of the LGBTQIA+ neighborhood, face disproportionate quantities of online harassment, abuse, and threats of violence," Rawlinson included by means of the release. "Unfortunately, these occurrences are increasing commensurately with the development in women's sports, sports wagering, and use of artificial intelligence."
  
  It's perhaps no accident as well the Chicago Sky chose to end up being trailblazers in the field and proactively sought ways to secure their stars.
  
  Most significantly, the Sky are led by star Angel Reese, whose function as something of a foil to growing WNBA megastar Caitlin Clark put her directly in the middle of considerable hate. Just last month, Reese was allegedly the victim of racist comments during the Sky's season opener versus Clark's Indiana Fever.
  
  "There's no location in this league for that," Reese stated of the alleged comments. "The WNBA and our group and our company has done a great task supporting me."
  
  That was just the current event the Sky dealt with. However, last season the Sky handled alleged taunts that consisted of racist language as they exited their team bus ahead of a video game against the Washington Mystics.
  
  "We are honored to support the Chicago Sky in this tactical and pioneering effort to protect their gamers and coaches. Our work is grounded in a decade of national security experience comprehending the origins of online abuse and what to do about it," stated Vidhya Ramalingam, CEO of Moonshot. "We are grateful for the chance to leverage our innovation and competence to advance gamer security at a time when interest in ladies's sports is at an all-time high. We hope this distinct, first-of-its-kind collaboration will act as a model for other sports groups and leagues."
  
  Just last month, the Chicago Sky revealed a collaboration with bet365, the first WNBA team to do so. Now, the franchise is blazing a trail in combating hate and harassment.