SWANSEA City players and staff are to boycott social media for one week following a spate of “abhorrent” racial abuse on platforms.
The latest incident occurred after the Swans’ defeat at Birmingham City on Friday night, when Jamal Lowe was racially abused on Instagram the following day.
The forward reposted the offensive message on a subsequent Instagram story, writing “some serious idiots out there” alongside it.
Although the account which posted the message was removed, it is the third incident where a Swansea player has been subjected to racist abuse on social media since February.
Yan Dhanda was abused after the FA Cup loss to Manchester City and Ben Cabango was targeted while on international duty with Wales.
Although the Championship club has previously urged social media companies to do more to prevent online abuse, they are now taking it one step further with a collective social media blackout.
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