Twitter insists it acts against racist abuse

Twitter has insisted it has clear processes to help the police tackle racist abuse, after former England footballer Stan Collymore was subjected to death threats online.

Collymore, who works as a pundit for radio station Talksport, has asked Staffordshire Police to investigate “horrific” racist tweets. The former Liverpool, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest striker claims children as young as 10 are being “goaded” by adults into posting racist and sexist tweets.

The 43-year-old star has also accused Twitter of having poor age verification procedures and of “hiding behind” claims that it is unable to comment on individual cases.