Social media companies are doing 'bare minimum,' to protect players, says ex-Premier League star
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Former Manchester City star Nedum Onuoha says social media companies have been doing the "bare minimum" to protect players from online racist abuse.
Many of British football's leading organizations, as well as teams, players and broadcasters, took part in a three-day social media blackout from Friday, April 30 until Monday, May 3 to protest the ongoing racist abuse aimed at footballers and the apparent inability of social media companies to hold users accountable for their actions. "In showing unity, you can see more and more people coming together and thus the impact against those social media companies is greater," Onuoha tells CNN Sport's Amanda Davies.
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