Twitter fails to delete 99% of racist tweets aimed at footballers in run-up to World Cup

Twitter fails to delete 99% of racist tweets aimed at footballers in run-up to World Cup

Reported posts aimed at 43 players remain live, according to anti-hate speech campaigners, fuelling concerns over possible abuse during World Cup

Tweets hurling racist abuse at footballers, including the N-word, monkey emojis and calls for them to be deported, are not being removed by Twitter.

New research shows the platform failed to act on 99 out of 100 racist tweets reported to it in the week before the World Cup.

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