England footballers' social media racist abuse

Instagam, Twitter and other social media platforms failed to stop a torrent of racial abuse hurled at black England footballers after the national team was knocked out of the Euro 2020 tournament. 

The abuse aimed at Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho, all of whom missed penalties in England's Euro 2020 final loss to Italy, was condemned by Prime minister Boris Johnson, the Football Association, amongst others. 

Twitter said it had removed over 1,000 posts over 24 hours and suspended a number of accounts for violating its rules. Instagram blamed its 'mistaken' content moderation technology for failing to remove thousands of racist comments and images. 

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