Chasing digital footprints: The outpouring of racist abuse online against three players in the England football team that lost to Italy in the Euro Cup final on Sunday looks set to boomerang on at least some of those who posted the messages. The social media posts are, of course, written records of the abuse and where it’s coming from. The police in London said on Monday that they are investigating, and that “enquiries are already being progressed”. What the racist brigade did was ugly, but also silly.
Setting a standard: In an initiative that could set an example, the League Two side Leyton Orient announced that it had identified a fan who had launched racist abuse against the black England players on Twitter. The club announced it had decided to ban the fan for life from its games. “The supporter in question’s actions on Twitter were alerted to the club late last night and action has been taken swiftly to issue a banning order,” the club said.
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