Anti-racism campaign urges Government to make Premier League fixtures 'high-risk events' after scale of England World Cup abuse
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Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Kobbie Mainoo suffered racism during the World Cup.
Anti-racism campaign urges Government to make Premier League fixtures 'high-risk events' after scale of England World Cup abuse
Researchers found over 5,500 overtly racist messages directed at members of the Three Lions squad from a sample of 300,000 posts on X during the 2026 World Cup.The findings show that while racial slurs made up one-to-two per cent of sampled tournament posts, abusive content doubled to between four-and-five per cent on match days.The volume of racist posts then escalated significantly following England’s semi-final loss to Argentina.Online racial…
Racism against English footballers during the World Cup was highlighted by algorithms on X, according to a new study.
The algorithm of the large social platform spread messages with terrible content to millions.
Report: X algorithms amplified racist abuse of England players at World Cup
Hope Not Hate analysed over 300,000 posts on X from the 2026 World Cup and found more than 5,500 explicitly racist posts. The group says recommendation algorithms amplified the abuse and calls for Ofcom action.
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