PFA challenge Social Media Companies to protect Players from Racial Abuse
Players in the opening weeks of the season across Europe have suffered the abuse
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The Professional Footballers’ Association has called on social media companies to exercise protective rights towards footballers on their platform as they look to control racism channeled through football.
The beginning of the new season across Europe have seen players suffer racist abuse after errors on the field of play for their clubs. Paul Pogba fell as a primary victim by Manchester United fans after he missed a spot kick meant to be played by Rashford at the Molineux in their second game against Bournemouth. Rashford was then abused at Old Trafford in the Red Devil’s third league match suffering the same fate as the French International. Former Manchester United forward, Romelu Lukaku in his first game for Inter was also battered. Tammy Abraham and Kurt Zouma have all been racially abused in the opening weeks of the season.
The Professional Footballers' Association has called on the networks to make available certain features that will target the “monitoring of player accounts, club accounts, key fixtures and tournaments to address any racist abuse promptly”.
According to the PFA, the social media companies should have sufficient resources towards the players’ accounts to identify ad remove offending posts without delay.
“Our members have high profile accounts and are often a target for abuse. We are calling for extended protection for our members on social networks,” the PFA on Wednesday released a statement instructing the media providers to deal with offenders including permanently deleting accounts.
