Joe Willock: Newcastle midfielder says he considered quitting social media due to racist abuse | Football news

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Newcastle United midfielder Joe Willock has said he is considering quitting social media due to racist abuse and called on platforms to do more to tackle the issue.

The 21-year-old, who left Arsenal last week, said he receives “disgusting” messages on a daily basis.

“Every day I get messages,” Willock told BBC Radio Newcastle. “Messages about my color or different things that are really gross.

“There’s not much you can do – you just have to try and ignore it. I don’t think Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter fought hard enough for us to do anything else.

“I feel like the only thing you can do these days is ignore it and try to put it in the back of your head.

“It’s happening on your phone and they have a way to send these filthy things and it hurts right to your phone. It hurts a lot – even to talk about it.”

He added: “If you quit social media you lose that connection with all the wonderful fans that support you every day, you want to see your everyday life and see what you do and have that connection with you on. the platform they wouldn’t have in real life. “

Sky Sports News has contacted Facebook and Twitter for comment.

A Twitter spokesperson said in July that it had deleted more than 1,000 posts and permanently suspended a number of accounts, while Facebook said it had also quickly deleted the abusive comments.

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