Thierry Henry, top scorer in the history of the French team and world champion in 1998, announced that he will no longer participate in social networks as long as the platforms do not react against "racism", "intimidation" and "the mental torture that entails ".

"The considerable volume of racism, intimidation and mental torture that it entails is too toxic to be ignored," he said in an English message sent on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to his 14.8 million followers.

The former Arsenal and FC Barcelona striker (43 years old), who has just left his duties as coach of CF

Montreal

for family reasons

, appealed to "responsibility" and asked "the people in charge to regulate their platforms with the same vigor and vehemence they show when copyright is infringed. "

"It's too easy to create an account and use it to anonymously intimidate and harass without consequence," he said.

"As long as this does not change, I will deactivate my accounts on all social platforms. I hope the change will take place soon."

Like other high-tech giants, Twitter is increasingly criticized for facilitating unfounded rumors against other users, usually from anonymous accounts, in often racist or misogynistic posts.

Twitter said in a statement published last week that "there is no place for racist abuses" on its platform and that it works to suppress abuses against footballers.

Thierry Henry's decision to deactivate his social media accounts comes a few days after the decision by American

Chrissy Teigen

, a top-model and cookbook author, to leave Twitter after suffering insults.

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