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The New York Times / Ryan Mac and Tariq Panja
/ Aug 11, 2021“The impasse with English soccer is another instance of Facebook’s failing to solve speech problems on its platform, even after it was made aware of the level of abuse. While Facebook has introduced some measures to mitigate the harassment, soccer officials said they were insufficient. Social media companies aren’t doing enough ‘because the pain hasn’t become enough for them,’ said Sanjay Bhandari, the chair of Kick It Out, an organization that supports equality in soccer.” —
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England,
Facebook,
hate speech,
racism,
soccer
