Premier League clubs are unconvinced that the Government’s proposed legislation will do enough to stamp out racist online trolls. However, top-flight outfits harbour concerns that measures included in the Online Harms White Paper will not go far enough in identifying offenders. ‘Online racist abuse of footballers is absolutely shocking and must stop,’ he wrote. ‘In advance of this recent spate of cases, I called a meeting to hear first-hand accounts of the daily abuse players receive and the awful toll it takes on them. While the user can then remain anonymous online, should they then racially abuse players, they could be located and held accountable.

Source: Daily Mail February 08, 2021 22:52 UTC