Barclays will join the planned social media boycott by football players, clubs and organisations this weekend. A coalition of English football’s largest governing bodies and organisations including the Football Association, Premier League and EFL will go silent on social media in a show of solidarity against racism. There will no social media posts on the Barclays Football pages of Facebook and Instagram nor the Barclays Footy Twitter account – while the company’s other social channels will avoid all football-related activity. We stand with the football community in taking part in a social media boycott from 15:00 BST on Friday 30 April to 23:59 BST on Monday 3 May. Nobody should have to suffer abuse, racism or harassment on social media because they play or are involved in a professional sport.

Source: Express April 27, 2021 10:41 UTC