Rio Ferdinand has called for action from social media platforms (Picture: Getty Images)Rio Ferdinand has hit out at the ‘ignorant and cowardly rats’ behind the disgusting racist abuse aimed at England players after the final of Euro 2020 and called on social media platforms to do more to stop the hateful messages. The Manchester United and England icon wants more to be done by the social media platforms to protect the young England stars from the hate. ‘Now it’s crazy to me how 120 minutes of football and a penalty shoot out later that the feeling towards some of our England players drastically changed. ‘Immediately after the game social media platforms became the toxic and racist safe place for the ignorant and cowardly rats to start spouting their disgusting feelings. ‘Hiding behind the safety blanket that is social media platforms these disgusting people can continually abuse our England players knowing that they are safe to be able to stay anonymous.

Source: Metro July 12, 2021 10:07 UTC