Facebook acts after Welsh footballers racially abused


A Facebook spokesperson said that, aside from removing the accounts, the company was working on other measures to combat online abuse but the FAW urged the social media platforms to do more. — AFP

LONDON: Facebook has removed the Instagram accounts with which Welsh internationals Rabbi Matondo and Ben Cabango were racially abused following the 1-0 win over Mexico on Saturday.

Facebook owns Instagram and acted a few hours after Matondo had slammed the social media platform, accusing Instagram of doing nothing about racist abuse.

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