ITV News published this video item, entitled “English football to boycott social media for four days in bid to tackle online racism | ITV News” – below is their description.
Top-flight football in England is uniting against racial abuse of players by staging a four-day boycott of social media.
The aim of the protest is to put more pressure on the owners of popular digital platforms to work harder to eradicate online hate.
Altogether 11 bodies across the men’s and women’s games will take part in the action which follows a similar campaign by Swansea City, Rangers and Birmingham City two weeks ago after several of their players were abused on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara revealed to ITV News at the time that barely a day went by when he wasn’t racially abused.
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