Social media giants could face multi-million pound fines for failing to crack down on racist abuse on their platforms, the Culture Secretary said. The sporting world will hold a boycott on their channels starting on Friday afternoon, with many players, clubs and broadcasters joining forces to say that online abuse is not acceptable. I will shortly introduce legislation into Parliament that will show abuse the red card and ensure social media firms stamp it out. He wrote: "Under the legislation, if social media companies do not keep their promises to users by, for example, failing to remove racist abuse, they will face severe sanctions. www.kickitout.orgKick It Out's chief executive Tony Burnett sat down with Sky Sports in February to discuss the ongoing fight against online hate in football.

Source: Sky sports April 30, 2021 09:33 UTC