- The "OK" hand symbol has caused renewed controversy after an Australian official, Shaun Evans, was seen making the gesture during a World Cup broadcast.
- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) updated its database in 2019 to include the "OK" gesture, noting its adoption by white supremacists, initially as a trolling campaign but now genuinely.
- Evans vehemently denied any malicious intent, attributing the movement to an "involuntary, subconscious twitch," and was subsequently cleared by a FIFA committee.
- Despite FIFA's decision, its discrimination monitor, the Fare network, called for Evans' removal, describing the gesture as "neo-Nazi" and questioning its use at a global event.
- The ADL stresses that context is crucial when interpreting the symbol, which was added to their "Hate on Display" database due to a significant volume of hateful use.
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