Hope United: BT brings its purpose to tackling online abuse

Brian Carruthers

The highs and lows of football were evident in the year-late Euro 2020 tournament. Postponed after the initial COVID-19 outbreak, a young and exciting England team made it to the final which was to take place at its home venue of Wembley Stadium; the stars were surely aligned.

But a little over 140 minutes after kick-off England had lost 3-2 on penalties, and the three players who failed to score from the penalty spot were immediately subjected to a storm of racist online abuse because they happened to be black.

Depressingly, that outburst of hatred was not a surprise. Previously...

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