The Football Association said it was “shocked” several times United Kingdom After the Three Lions lost to the Euro 2020, the players were racially discriminated against on social media Italy
The trio’s social media pages were quickly flooded with racist comments, leading the FA to issue a statement condemning the “disgusting behavior”.
We are very aware that anyone behind this disgusting behavior is not welcome to follow the team
A spokesperson said: “The FA strongly condemns all forms of discrimination and is shocked by the online racism against some of our English players on social media.
“We are very aware that anyone behind this disgusting behavior is not welcome to follow the team. We will do our best to support the players affected, while urging the harshest punishment for anyone responsible.
“We will continue to make every effort to eliminate discrimination in the game, but we implore the government to act quickly and introduce appropriate legislation so that this abuse has an impact on real life.
“Social media companies need to strengthen and take accountability and action, prohibit abusers from accessing their platforms, collect evidence that may lead to prosecution and support, and protect their platforms from this abominable abuse.”
This Metropolitan Police It also condemned “unacceptable” abuse and added that it will investigate “offensive and racist” social media posts.
The force said in a statement on Twitter: “We are aware of some offensive and racist social media comments against football players after the #Euro2020 final.
“This kind of abuse is totally unacceptable, will not be tolerated, and will be investigated.”
The official Twitter accounts of the England men’s and women’s national teams provide support for the injured players.
It said in a statement: “We are disgusted by the discriminatory abuse of some of our teams-who gave everything for this jersey this summer-after tonight’s game.
“We stand with our players.”
London Mayor Sadiq Khan called on social media companies to take more measures to hold those responsible for sending online abuses.
He wrote on Twitter: “There is absolutely no place for racism in football or anywhere else.
“Those responsible for the disgusting online abuse we have seen must be held accountable-social media companies need to take immediate action to eliminate and prevent this hatred.”
