Thierry Henry Quits Social Media Over Vile Racist Abuse

Arsenal legendary striker and former manager of Monaco, Thierry Henry has announced that starting from tomorrow he would be leaving all social media platforms until the owners of these platforms clamp down racist abusers and users on their platforms, calling that such users be held accountable for the posts by the companies that run this platforms. Thierry Henry

Henry announced his decision to disable his social media platforms on Friday, March 26, after many black footballers including Marcus Rashford, Raheem Sterling, Wilfred Zaha and Tyron Mings have all complained about the racist abuses they have perpetually received on their social media pages.
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Theirry Henry called out all the social media platforms, starting with Twitter, Instagram and Facebook saying they should act with the same vigour and ferocity with which they clamp down and act when a person infringes on copyright.

Henry wrote:

“Hi Guys.

“From tomorrow morning I will be removing myself from social media until the people in power are able to regulate their platforms with the same vigour and ferocity that they currently do when you infringe copyright.

“The sheer volume of racism, bullying and resulting mental torture to individuals is too toxic to ignore. There HAS to be some accountability.

“It is far too easy to create an account, use it to bully and harrass without consequence and still remain anonymous.

“Until this changes, I will be disabling my accounts across all social platforms. I’m hoping this happens soon.”

Last July, Henry made a statement by taking a knee for the first eight minutes and 46 seconds of a match against the New England Revolution.
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He also showed solidarity following the death of George Floyd, who died early 2020 after a Minnesota police officer pressed his knee on his neck for the same amount of time as Henry knelt.

Thierry Henry also explained the abuse he received after moving to the New York Red Bulls in an interview last year.

“At one point, I said people didn’t see my colour any more because I played football, because I was, in brackets, famous,” Henry said.

“When I came to play in the US, my colour came back because no one could recognise me, depending on which state we were in. My colour came back. It was the first time again that I felt like I left my neighbourhood. “When I arrived in New York, some people could recognise me and some couldn’t.

“When you ask for a cab, he looks and sees you are a certain colour and puts the light on and suddenly he isn’t free any more. You’re left like, ‘Hang on I’m alone here’. It hit me again.”

 

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