"As players, your collective voice and influence has the power to hold multinational companies to account and sends a powerful message to a global audience - abusive behaviour is unacceptable," the statement read. "The PFA is also calling on major brands and sponsors, who work with players, to switch off and pull their funding on the platforms during the boycott. According to the statement, a report into online abuse during Project Restart analysed 825,515 Tweets directed at selected players, with over 3,000 abusive messages identified, more of half of which contained racist abuse. The action will see clubs from the Premier League, EFL, WSL and Women's Championship switch off their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. Join boycottPFA equalities education executive Jason Lee has urged fans to join the boycott to help highlight the fight against online abuse, saying: "What do you want to do about it?"

Source: Sky sports April 26, 2021 12:04 UTC