Update on company's response to the abuse
Twitter has removed more than 1,900 racist, abusive posts - with the majority during and shortly after the Euro 2020 final.
The company insists it had put plans in place to quickly identify and take down offensive content targeting the England team before the tournament.
Manchester United's Marcus Rashford & Jadon Sancho, and Arsenal's Bukayo Saka, suffered abuse after missing penalties in the shootout against Italy last month.
Prior to the championship, which began in June, Twitter notes "we put in place specific plans to quickly identify and remove racist, abusive Tweets targeting the England team and wider Euros conversation."
The social media firm stated on the night of the final, after England had lost the penalty shoot-out to Italy, Twitter's "automated tools, which had been in place throughout Euro 2020, kicked in immediately to identify and remove 1622 Tweets during the Final and in the 24 hours that followed."
The platform added it was not surprised to see tweets that were removed came from all over the globe, but continued by saying "it is also important to acknowledge that the UK was - by far - the largest country of origin for the abusive Tweets we removed on the night of the Final and in the days that followed."
While many have quite rightly highlighted the global nature of the conversation, it is also important to acknowledge the UK was - by far - the largest country of origin for the abusive Tweets we removed.
— UK (@XUK) August 10, 2021
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