Uefa Joins Social Media Boycott As Protest Spreads

A sports’ social media boycott was gathering strength on Thursday (April 29) with several organisations joining England’s football leagues in a show of solidarity against online abuse.  

European football’s governing body Uefa said it would join this weekend’s boycott, as is England Rugby and British Cycling.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-9783057869190981&output=html&h=280&adk=3699149780&adf=322482857&pi=t.aa~a.2750206979~i.5~rp.4&w=878&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1619765093&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=8281617068&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=878×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsvillagesquare.com%2F2021%2F04%2F29%2Fuefa-joins-social-media-boycott-as-protest-spreads%2F&flash=0&fwr=0&pra=3&rh=200&rw=877&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&fa=27&adsid=ChAI8LKphAYQiPTLj5CxsLBNEkwAu_npw-84hlzyLkiz7GMD2qhGL9JB5NQ6wk6XXFAakryVbqAub1wkT48z_WYgj64dqNbYaaU8ZdPkqWRqBUp1E3Tx_566qEtC8mTs&dt=1619765093842&bpp=7&bdt=3575&idt=7&shv=r20210428&cbv=%2Fr20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D264c6e9007bc90a9-226525b563a6003c%3AT%3D1604519649%3ART%3D1604519649%3AS%3DALNI_MZUWl30DW2CYd6GGKYezm3RWGucnw&prev_fmts=0x0%2C300x600%2C300x600&nras=2&correlator=1510849641906&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1504953199.1600877215&ga_sid=1619765093&ga_hid=165548401&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=3&u_java=0&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_nplug=3&u_nmime=4&adx=70&ady=1011&biw=1349&bih=631&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&oid=3&pvsid=1233817490132964&pem=794&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsvillagesquare.com%2F&eae=0&fc=1408&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1366%2C631&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&jar=2021-04-28-12&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=3&fsb=1&xpc=hrHgljemj6&p=https%3A//www.sportsvillagesquare.com&dtd=35

Uefa said it would stay silent across its platforms, starting at 1500 BST (10pm, SGT) on Friday.

Earlier, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said all its social media channels, including England Rugby, Premier 15s, Greene King IPA Championship and GB7s will switch off social media accounts until Monday evening.

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin said action needed to be taken after a rise in online abuse and hate directed at footballers and those involved with the game.

“There have been abuses both on the pitch and on social media. This is unacceptable and needs to be stopped, with the help of the public and legislative authorities and the social media giants,” he said in a statement.

-Reuters