Pogba's treatment prompted a rapid response from his club, which issued a strong statement on Tuesday morning to condemn the abuse and urge social media companies 'to take action'. Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba have all received vile, racist abuse online after failing to score penalties in the last week. Phil Neville is calling on the 'football community' to boycott social media platforms until they do more to tackle the discriminatory abuse directed at players.
'We're plugging holes here and then there's leaks elsewhere, and I'm just focusing on the social media aspect of what Paul went through last night, Tammy last week, my players daily.'
Twitter responded to 'strongly condemn' the online abuse aimed at players and revealed it had 'permanently suspended a series of accounts'. The social media company is in dialogue with the PFA and Kick It Out but, in a statement released to the PA news agency, claimed 'this is a societal issue and requires a societal response'.
Twitter's statement read: 'We're fully aware of and share the concerns surrounding online racist abuse towards certain footballers in the UK over recent days.
'We strongly condemn this unacceptable behaviour, and have now permanently suspended a series of accounts for violating our Hateful Conduct Policy.
'We're proactively monitoring the conversation online and will continue taking robust action on any account which violates our Rules.
'This is a societal issue and requires a societal response. This is why we maintain a dialogue with both the PFA and Kick It Out and are committed to working together to address abusive online and racist behaviour across the industry.
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