Last updated on .From the section FootballLeeds shared the above tweet along with footage of Carney's commentsKaren Carney says the online abuse she has suffered has "changed" her and that social media companies "don't understand" the impact it has. "The only way I could make them (social media companies) understand was to say 'do you want another Caroline Flack on your hands?'" Football clubs, players, athletes and a number of sporting bodies are taking part in a four-day boycott of social media in an attempt to tackle abuse and discrimination on their platforms. "Recently I've been on a lot of government calls with the social media platforms - but they don't understand. "The people in charge of social media say 'we're doing this, doing that' but they don't understand, I'm just a number."

Source: BBC May 02, 2021 11:37 UTC