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Racism: against online hatred, UEFA joins social media boycott

2021-05-02T19:24:58.819Z


The initiative came from the English clubs, who decided to remain silent for several days to protest against the racist insults targeted


The initiative of the English football clubs, which have decided to remain silent on social networks between this Friday and Monday, in order to protest against the racist insults suffered by the players, received heavy support: that of UEFA. “There has been abuse, both on the ground and on social media. This is unacceptable and must be ended, with the help of the public, the legislative authorities and the giants of social networks, ”said Aleksander Ceferin, the boss of European football. "Allowing a culture of hatred to grow with impunity is dangerous, very dangerous, not only for football, but for society as a whole", continues the Slovenian leader, who has long been a criminal lawyer.

Last Saturday, the English clubs announced a total blackout on the social networks of the English Federation, Premier League, Second Division and Women's Super League clubs, between Friday 14:00 GMT (4:00 p.m. in France) and Monday 22:59 GMT (Tuesday at 00:59 in France).

UEFA will join a coalition of English footballing stakeholders by staying silent across its social media platforms this weekend.



The aim of the boycott is to show solidarity in the fight against online abuse.

It will run from 16:00 CEST on Friday to 23:59 CEST on Monday.

- UEFA (@UEFA) April 29, 2021

This action, which will see all representative bodies of English football "close their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts", comes "in response to the continued and sustained discriminatory abuse received online by players and many other football-related people" , specify the officials of English football.

"For reasons of simple human decency"

The move follows those initiated by the Scots Rangers and English Football League clubs Birmingham and Swansea, whose players Yan Dhanda, Ben Cabango and Jamal Lowe were recently victims of racist insults online.

Same thing, in the Premier League where several players wearing Manchester United shirts, such as Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford, as well as Reece James, of Chelsea, have also been targeted on social media.

We can all play our part in removing online abuse.



☑️ Challenge it.


☑️ Report it.


☑️ Change it.



Together we can make it clear that there is #NoRoomForRacism pic.twitter.com/5Ev5dhJIEW

- Premier League (@premierleague) April 16, 2021

On February 11, in an open letter to Twitter leader Jack Dorsey and Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg, English football officials called for action "for reasons of simple human decency." Abruptly, Twitter replied that it did not intend to censor comments from anonymous accounts. The former Arsenal and Blues striker Thierry Henry had also announced at the end of March to withdraw until the platforms do more to fight against racism and "toxic" harassment.

Source: leparis

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