02/07/2026 – Infantino promotes fan site linked to Trump campaign data-harvesting

A report published on 2 July 2026 by Democratic staff of the US House of Representatives’ natural resources committee produced clear evidence to show that FIFA allowed its official Fan Site to be used as part of a data-harvesting campaign for an organisation run by President Trump’s former digital campaign manager.

As the report notes  “thousands of unwitting fans, including D.C. residents, Americans visiting D.C. from other states, and international World Cup attendees unwittingly gave their personal information to a partisan political entity, potentially enabling future targeted marketing and campaign outreach by Republican campaigns.”

Gianni Infantino personally promoted this specific fan site on his Instagram account.

We will ask the Ethics Committee to investigate when Gianni Infantino became aware of this issue (it was first revealed in the Washington Examiner on 9 June, two days before the tournament began) and why steps were not taken to prevent football supporters at FIFA sites from being used for political campaigning purposes.