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is lobby the government for legislation which is what we have been doing for the last three or five years. we know that legislation alone won t solve it, but we also know that social media on their own won t solve it, and it s going to take the two in combination. the report also found that eight out of ten of the most abused players play for manchester united cristiano ronaldo and harry maguire the most common targets. the day after they lost at home to manchester city in november, maguire put out this tweet, apologising for the performance. this day saw the second highest number of abusive tweets nearly 11%. the report also found a duplicated tweet using the same exact phrase was sent to maguire 69 times by different users within two hours. so although the majority of interactions on social media are positive, can the negative side overshadow it? i think the ones who are abusive,
it found that more than half were positive, praising, encouraging or wishing them well. however, one in eight were critical of players actions either on or off the pitch mentioning their skill, value or attitude. 3.5% of tweets were abusive, what it describes as a tweet that threatens, insults, dehumanises, mocks or belittles a player, including attacks aganst their identity. two thirds of players receive abuse, 7% receive abuse every single day. so what can be done? look, social media, you created the problem, you are monetising this kind of behaviour, it is your responsibility to solve it, and you have the technology to solve it. it is your job to have the technology to solve it. it is yourjob to do it. you need to get on with it. do not wait for legislation, but we need to also do