Whittaker's team-mates Yan Dhanda, Ben Cabango and Jamal Lowe have all suffered recent racial abuse online. "Chief executive Julian Winter recently wrote to both Twitter and Facebook, the latter replying with examples of how they try to combat online abuse. The Welsh club called for social media platforms to introduce tougher policing and punishments for those found guilty of sending online abuse. Sky Sports has joined the wider sporting community in a four-day boycott of social media in an attempt to tackle online abuse and discrimination. FIFA also said it supports the English football-led social media boycott in response to discriminatory and offensive abuse on social media.

Source: Sky sports May 03, 2021 20:37 UTC