#social-media-threats

#social-media-threats

More than 2,000 extremely abusive social media posts - including death and rape threats - were sent about managers and players in the Premier League and Women's Super League in a single weekend, a BBC investigation has found. The analysis - conducted with data science company Signify - focused on posts made during 10 Premier League and six WSL matches on the weekend of 8 and 9 November, and also found messages including racist slurs, homophobia and threats of violence.

On 19 September, Cole took to Facebook and allegedly wrote under a post about the Abilene Parade & Festival, which took place on 20 September: "I say we lock and load and pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk. "Theres [sic] only like 30 of em we can send a clear message to the rest of them," Cole wrote, according to police documents. "Come on bro let's go hunting fairies."