Courts should have power to ban racists from football matches, UK Labour says

Johnson held talks about online abuse with firms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in Number 10 on Tuesday, amid criticism of social media giants for failing to deal with racist hatred directed at players

Mackenzie Robertson and his mother Sally Coles-Robertson put up a message on the mural of Manchester United striker and England player Marcus Rashford on the wall of the Coffee House Cafe on Copson Street, Withington. The mural appeared vandalised on Monday after the England football team lost the UEFA Euro 2021 final. 

Courts must be given new powers to ban anyone convicted of online racist abuse from football matches, Labour has urged, amid widespread outrage over attacks on England players.

The opposition demanded that racial hatred on the internet is treated in the same way as on the terraces by extending Football Banning Orders to cover online offences as well.