- Four-day protest against racism and other forms of online abuse
- Football, cricket, rugby and tennis organisations participating
Guardian Sport in the UK is to join the boycott of social media by football and other sports this weekend as part of a campaign against racism and discrimination online.
The boycott, announced by the leading English football organisations, covers the weekend’s programme of football fixtures, from 3pm on Friday 30 April until 11.59pm on Monday 3 May. Other sporting bodies have joined the boycott including Uefa, the England and Wales Cricket Board, the Professional Cricketers’ Association, Premiership Rugby and the Lawn Tennis Association, highlighting the fight against discrimination and urging the social media giants to do more to eradicate online hate.
