Phil SumblerJamal Lowe, the former Swansea striker now with AFC Bournemouth, has opened up on the social media abuse he received last season and blasted the social media giants who choose not to censor the content.
Lowe was one of several Swansea players on the wrong end of vile abuse last season, abuse which led to the club leading the way in boycotting social media in a way that was followed by football – and wider sports – in general.
Despite those actions, which were rightly applauded at the time, we continue to see these instances of social media abuse and Lowe is clear in his view that there is much more that can be done and he questioned immediately why the companies were not doing much right now.
Speaking to theย On The Judyย podcast, Lowe said: “If I want to post something about coronavirus, I get a little thing that comes up saying: โthis is false information, if you want real information go to the NHS websiteโ. Or if I want to post something with a song on it, they say you canโt post it because I donโt own the rights.
ย “So they can obviously censor content and theyโre choosing not to.”
“The worst thing is it happened to four players, all different games, in the space of two months. Thereโs no way to stop it unless weโre verifying accounts.
“I came off Twitter man, itโs too much. Iโm just getting bare messages, good and bad. I donโt really need to see both.
“One week Iโm seeing: ‘youโre the worst player Iโve ever seen in a Swansea shirt’. The next week: ‘oh my god, youโre my favourite player, can I have your shirt’. I donโt need these messages in my life.”
