Online abusers to be banned from UK football games
The British government intends to take serious action against cyber abusers.
Online Racism and insults related to football in
Englandand Wales could lead to 10 years of ban from attending matches.
British Home Secretary Priti Patel intends to include online insults in the Football Banning Orders, which now includes violence, disorder, racism and homophobic chanting. The move came after England's black players were insulted after the Euro 2020 final, and the British Prime Minister ordered that the issue of online insults be investigated.
"This summer we saw the beautiful game marred by disgraceful racism from online trolls, who hid behind their keyboards and abused our footballers," Patel said.
"Racism is unacceptable and for too long football has been marred by this shameful prejudice.
"Those responsible for appalling racist abuse online must be punished. The changes to the law I am announcing will make sure they are banned from attending football matches."
There are currently 1,300 football ban bans on convicts in England and Wales for between three and ten years.
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