Susanna Reid has called on the Government to take tougher action to immediately take down 'disgusting' online abuse after Boris Johnson met with social media bosses in the wake of the disgusting messages sent to a trio of England players.
After they missed their spot kicks in Sunday's agonising Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy, Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka were all targeted by trolls who sent horrific abuse their way.
England manager Gareth Southgate, Prince William and Boris Johnson have all condemned the posts, with the Prime Minister doing so very publicly during his televised briefing on restrictions easing on Monday.
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But, as Johnson met with social media companies about what to do about abuse going forward, Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna said the Government needed to do more to crack down quicker.
She and guest host Richard Madeley were joined by Transport Minister Grant Schapps, on the day that several popular destinations are rumoured to be going back on the amber list, but talk turned to the racist abuse scandal, with her asking him: "What has he (Johnson) told the social media companies to do?
"I know you have an online harms bill but it's not going to come into force until next year at the earliest.
"For all of the diversity in the cabinet, we have all seen the disgusting abuse online and nobody understands why it isn't immediately taken down."
She added: "Those social media companies earn money every time sometime looks at a piece of online abuse. So what is the Prime Minister done to tell the social media companies to get rid of that abuse immediately?"
Agreeing with her, Schapps described the online world as "the Wild West with abuse of all kinds," adding: "Every public figure will know from their own timeline; it's not just racism it goes beyond that as well.
"He met with them and said 'look you must take this stuff down.'
Interrupting, Susanna asked: "Or what? Or what?" to which the MP replied: "Or we will have legislation."
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