Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeOn Friday, players, clubs and governing bodies from across the world of sport will turn off their social media accounts. Despite repeated calls for social media firms to tackle the racism, discrimination and hatred on their platforms they have failed to act. Social media firms are quick to protect commercial rights and will remove within seconds bootleg videos from their sites. But that message needs to be backed by action from ministers if we want to clean up the sewers of social media. It also offered an unprecedented opportunity for firms to make a quick buck.

Source: Daily Mirror April 29, 2021 21:19 UTC