Posted on 26th May 2016
Safer gambling charity and long-time Football Supporters’ Association partners BeGambleAware have launched a new campaign this week, aimed at helping tackle the stigma surrounding harmful gambling.
Campaign launched to tackle online abuse
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Football’s leading anti-racism campaign group, Kick It Out, have launched a campaign to combat rising levels of discriminatory online abuse.
Hate-crime on the internet has been rising sharply, according to research conducted by Kick It Out – from March 2014 to August 2015 there were more than 95,000 discriminatory social media posts sent to Premier League footballers.
Kick It Out is now seeking to educate football fans about online abuse with it’s #KlickItOut campaign and encourage supporters to report abuse when they see it.
Roisin Wood Kick It Out director said: “We want this campaign to illustrate the level of discrimination that still occurs on social media that is a stain on football.
“We hope our campaign shows how serious the problem is and the devastating impact it can have on people. This problem needs to be addressed now.”
The campaign was launched today at a special event at Portcullis House, Westminster with a range of high profile figures from politics and football.
