FIFA ta buɗe bincike kan alkalin wasa na Australiya Shaun Evans bayan bidiyo ya kama yana yin alamar hannu da ake dangantawa da ƙungiyoyin nuna fifikon launin fata ta fararen fata a lokacin Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026.

Evans, wanda yake aiki a matsayin alkalin wasa a A-League ta Australiya, yana a cikin ɗakin VAR yana ba da taimako ta bidiyo a lokacin wasan ƙungiyar Germany da Curaçao a matakin ƙungiya. Kyamarorin sun kama shi yana kallo kai tsaye zuwa ga duban kyamara yayin da yake yin abin da ya yi kama da alamar "OK" a jujjuye — alamar da a wasu mahallin an danganta ta da alamomin ƙungiyoyin dama masu tsattsauran ra'ayi.

Cece-kuce game da alamar

An watsa bidiyon a kai a kai kafin Germany ta fara yaƙin neman gasar Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026 — wasan da suka lashe da ƙarfi, 7-1, a kan Curaçao waɗanda suka fara shiga gasar.

Lamarin ya kawo tunanin wani lamari makamancin sa da ya faru a gasar Olympics ta Paris 2024, inda aka ga wani mutum yana sanye da kayan Olympic Broadcasting Services yana yin alamar sau biyu a lokacin wasan ƙarshe na skateboarding. An gano mutumin daga baya a matsayin mai ba da kwangila, kuma an soke takardun shaida sa.

Alamar "OK" da ake yi da babban yatsa da yatsan nuni ana amfani da ita sosai don nuna yarda ko cewa komai yana da kyau, kuma ita ce emoji da aka fi sani. Duk da haka, ƙungiyoyin dama masu tsattsauran ra'ayi sun ƙara yin amfani da ita a 'yan shekarun nan. A shekarar 2019, BBC ta ruwaito cewa an ƙara alamar zuwa jerin alamomin ƙiyayya na hukuma.

Alama mai sarƙaƙiya da ma'ana mai jayayya

Anti-Defamation League (ADL) ta amince da ma'anar dama mai tsattsauran ra'ayi na alamar, amma ta jaddada cewa "amfani mafi yawa" da alamar a yau har yanzu yana ɗaukar ma'anarta ta gargajiya mai tsarki — yarda, ko kawai cewa komai yana da kyau.

ADL ta yi gargaɗi cewa "ana buƙatar kulawa ta musamman don kada a yi gaggawar yanke hukunci game da manufar wanda ya yi amfani da alamar." Ƙungiyar ta kuma lura cewa alamar "OK" ta zama "dabarar trolling da aka fi amfani da ita" a tsakanin mutanen da ke da ra'ayoyin dama, waɗanda ke raba hotuna na kansu suna yin alamar a kafofin sada zumunta akai-akai.

Dangantawar alamar da tsattsauran ra'ayi ya faro ne daga wata ƙarya ta yanar gizo da ta fara a 4Chan, inda masu amfani suka ƙirƙiri ma'ana ta ɓoye a bayan alamar hannu mai rashin lahani. Tambayar ko Evans ya yi niyya ta irin wannan ma'ana ita ce tambayar da take a tsakiyar abin da masu binciken FIFA ke ƙoƙarin warware.