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Stan Collymore blasts Twitter for not tackling racist users
Retired player-turned-pundit has been racially abused on social media and received death threats
Written by Rykesha Hudson
22/01/2014 11:44 AM
ACTION CALL: Collymore wants Twitter to stop users from racially abusing others (PA)
EX-ENGLAND STRIKER Stan Collymore has accused Twitter of not doing enough to tackle racist, sexist and homophobic messages after he was targeted by internet trolls over the weekend.
On Tuesday (Jan 21), police confirmed that they were investigating a series of offensive messages directed at the former footballer after he suggested Liverpool's Luis Suarez cheated by diving during Saturday's (Jan 18) match against Aston Villa.
Since the match, Collymore has been retweeting some of the abusive tweets he has received, including death threats, to his half of a million followers and has called on Twitter to take action.
He wrote: “In the last 24 hours I've been threatened with murder several times, demeaned on my race, and many of these accounts are still active. Why?”
“I accuse Twitter directly of not doing enough to combat racist/homophobic/sexist hate messages, all of which are illegal in the UK.”
The 42-year-old shared his shock that Twitter had still not taken any action.
In another tweet, he said: “Several Police forces have been fantastic. Twitter haven't. Dismayed.”
Former Britain’s Got Talent judge and journalist, Piers Morgan was also subjected to abusive tweets after he joined calls for police and Twitter to take action over the abusive messages aimed at Collymore.
The former tabloid editor tweeted: "I repeat, racist abuse & death threats both criminal offences in UK. So keep spewing it, trolls, and I will have you ALL dealt with."
West Midlands Police confirmed on its official Twitter page that Staffordshire Police were investigating "alleged abusive tweets to Stan Collymore" and urged people to block and report abuse at report-it.org.uk.
Yesterday night, a Twitter spokeswoman said the company was unable to comment on individual users.
However she pointed out that targeted abuse was against the social media site’s rules and the site had recently made it easier for users to report abusive messages to them.
Posted on: 22/01/2014 11:44 AM
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internet is the venue for cowards & racists to spew their venom.
Retired player-turned-pundit has been racially abused on social media and received death threats
Written by Rykesha Hudson
22/01/2014 11:44 AM
ACTION CALL: Collymore wants Twitter to stop users from racially abusing others (PA)EX-ENGLAND STRIKER Stan Collymore has accused Twitter of not doing enough to tackle racist, sexist and homophobic messages after he was targeted by internet trolls over the weekend.
On Tuesday (Jan 21), police confirmed that they were investigating a series of offensive messages directed at the former footballer after he suggested Liverpool's Luis Suarez cheated by diving during Saturday's (Jan 18) match against Aston Villa.
Since the match, Collymore has been retweeting some of the abusive tweets he has received, including death threats, to his half of a million followers and has called on Twitter to take action.
He wrote: “In the last 24 hours I've been threatened with murder several times, demeaned on my race, and many of these accounts are still active. Why?”
“I accuse Twitter directly of not doing enough to combat racist/homophobic/sexist hate messages, all of which are illegal in the UK.”
The 42-year-old shared his shock that Twitter had still not taken any action.
In another tweet, he said: “Several Police forces have been fantastic. Twitter haven't. Dismayed.”
Former Britain’s Got Talent judge and journalist, Piers Morgan was also subjected to abusive tweets after he joined calls for police and Twitter to take action over the abusive messages aimed at Collymore.
The former tabloid editor tweeted: "I repeat, racist abuse & death threats both criminal offences in UK. So keep spewing it, trolls, and I will have you ALL dealt with."
West Midlands Police confirmed on its official Twitter page that Staffordshire Police were investigating "alleged abusive tweets to Stan Collymore" and urged people to block and report abuse at report-it.org.uk.
Yesterday night, a Twitter spokeswoman said the company was unable to comment on individual users.
However she pointed out that targeted abuse was against the social media site’s rules and the site had recently made it easier for users to report abusive messages to them.
Posted on: 22/01/2014 11:44 AM
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internet is the venue for cowards & racists to spew their venom.
Freedom of speech is also not a right in the UK, as there are no "rights" as they have no constitution...so laws can be enacted for anything as I understand it. There is no question imo, a constitution is a good thing.
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