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RayMac. SALISBURY FC is to join the planned social media boycott across English football this weekend. A coalition of English football’s largest governing bodies and organisations including the Football Association, Premier League and EFL will go silent on social media next weekend in a show of solidarity against racism. The FA Women’s Super League, FA Women’s Championship, Professional Footballers’ Association, League Managers Association, PGMOL, Kick It Out, Women in Football and the Football Supporters’ Association will also suspend all use of their social media accounts from 3pm on Friday April 30 until 11.59pm on Monday May 3. Salisbury said that although it relies on these outlets , it believe that action needs to be taken to persuade companies like Facebook and Twitter to prevent the far too prevalent hate and abuse that many are subject to on these platforms .
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A COALITION OF English football’s largest governing bodies and organisations including the Football Association, Premier League and EFL will go silent on social media next weekend in a show of solidarity against racism.
The FA Women’s Super League, FA Women’s Championship, Professional Footballers’ Association, League Managers Association, PGMOL, Kick It Out, Women in Football and the Football Supporters’ Association will also suspend all use of their social media accounts from 3pm on Friday April 30 until 11.59pm on Monday May 3.
The move follows social media boycotts from Swansea, Birmingham and Rangers in recent weeks, with Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson stating he would be willing to follow Arsenal great Thierry Henry in coming offline altogether in protest against racist behaviour.
Carlisle United will join clubs boycotting social media platforms Twitter, Facebook and Instagram next weekend
Carlisle United will take part in a social media BOYCOTT next weekend as part of football s protest against online racism and other forms of abuse. The Blues, and their fellow professional clubs as well as leading football organisations, will post nothing on their Twitter, Facebook and Instagram platforms for three days. The blackout will mean United will offer no official social media coverage of their game at Leyton Orient next Saturday. The Cumbrians are also asking fans to join them in the boycott, as well as the club s players and staff.
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