Faced with the insults which multiply on social networks, the English clubs have decided to react.
The players will boycott social networks next weekend to protest against these practices.
A symbolic gesture greeted by Virginie Phulpin in her sports editorial.
This is the sports editorial of Virginie Phulpin. English football clubs will boycott social media this weekend to fight racism online. For you, this is a good start to the answer, and consideration should be given to extending it to other countries, and to other sports.
Chelsea and Manchester City could have started today. As Champions League semi-finalists, the message would have been even stronger. In addition they have a European coup attempt to be forgiven. English clubs do not always set a good example, there were still 6 of them wanting to create the Super League. But there, it must be admitted, they are launching an unprecedented movement in Europe that we can welcome. From Friday 2 p.m. until Monday evening, they will close their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. To protest racism online. And this is valid for the women's and men's teams. It must be said that since the beginning of the season, it is the fair to racial hatred on the networks. From Paul Pogba to Marcus Rashford, we can no longer count the players targeted.They miss a pass or a penalty, and courageous anonymous accounts spill racist insanity against them. English football officials have written to the leaders of Twitter and Facebook asking them to find a solution, but the only response they got was "we can't censor accounts." Is that so ? Since this is so, football clubs just have to fend for themselves. This blackout can allow Mark Zuckerberg and company as well as haters of the keyboard to think for two seconds.we still can't censor accounts. "Ah good? Since this is the case, football clubs just have to fend for themselves. This blackout can allow Mark Zuckerberg and company like to the haters of the keyboard to think for two seconds.we still can't censor accounts. "Ah good? Since this is the case, football clubs just have to fend for themselves. This blackout can allow Mark Zuckerberg and company like to the haters of the keyboard to think for two seconds.
It is also not going to be the silver bullet to eradicate racism online.
Certainly, but the struggle has nonetheless changed dimension. Cut your news feed for three days at the end of the season, when everything is playing out, when everyone is scrolling through the football content, there is a chance that this will be more effective than a “No to racism” T Shirt. It is a first step. And that can give ideas to other countries. In France for example, because this hatred online, our athletes know it well too. And not only in football. We have already spoken of tennis players who are very often victims of insults and even threats on the networks. Gaël Monfils experienced it again this year. So we can always find that a boycott of social networks for three days is light compared for example to the boycott of matches that NBA clubs launched last summer in the United States.But we're talking about racism online, and that's an online response. So rather suitable. Since even the leaders of the networks do not know or do not want to react, it is interesting to see football take things in hand. We do not expect a miracle from this blackout. But this is a first response.