Online racial abuse directed at football players has reached a “crisis point” and social media platforms must join forces with authorities to tackle the problem more quickly, Britain’s Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said.
A host of players at Premier League clubs have been targeted in the past few months, including Manchester United’s Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford, Liverpool’s Trent-Alexander Arnold and Sadio Mane, and Chelsea’s Reece James.
On Thursday, Huddleston, along with current and former players and representatives of English football’s governing bodies, took part in a virtual meeting with social media companies to discuss the problem.
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