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Twitter vows to tackle online racist abuse of players in Britain

By Staff Writer on Sep 5, 2019 1:54PM
Twitter vows to tackle online racist abuse of players in Britain

After 700+ cases of "abuse and hateful conduct".

Twitter said it has taken action on more than 700 cases of "abuse and hateful conduct" related to football in Britain in the last two weeks and promised on Wednesday to continue its efforts to curb the menace. Manchester United's Paul Pogba was a target of racist abuse online after missing a ...

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