Racism on Social Media

Social media companies are facing new criticism for failing to deal with racist abuse directed at black footballers. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all received racist abuse on social media following England's loss to Italy in the final of Euro 2020. The Football Association said social media companies "need to step up and take accountability", including taking action to "ban abusers from their platforms". It is not the first time black players have been targeted with racial insults on social media following a football match.