Marvin Bartley has warned that social media abuse could lead to suicide as he demanded action on racism.
Clubs across the country are boycotting platforms this weekend after a series of high-profile incidents.
Rangers star Glen Kamara was hit with disgusting abuse having been racially abused by Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela, as have many other black players.
And Bartley warns that if things aren't changed there could be tragic consequences.
He said: "It is getting to that stage, there's no doubt about it, where do you know what will happen? Somebody will get racially abused or about their sexuality and religion and do you know what they'll end up doing? Taking their own life.
"And then you know what will happen? They'll come out and say it's enough now.
"Why do we have to wait for this to happen? Why do we have to wait for somebody to be in a bad enough mental state already to get one of these messages, it sends them over the edge, and then we'll be coming out and saying 'oh we're going to do something about it'.
"Do something about it now. It's not acceptable.
"At this moment in time social media companies are saying they're not against discrimination and the government are saying the same.
"I don't care the blowback I get from this because I've had enough. I literally have had enough of it."
Bartley has sadly revealed a sickening message left on Livingston's Instagram page as clubs prepare to take a stand.
Record Sport believes he was called the 'n word' by a vile troll.
The company reportedly refused to take any action, and the impassioned player has hit out at those running the platforms.
Bartley said: "Only about a week ago somebody made a comment on two posts that Livingston had put up on Instagram quite a while ago.
"Somebody had decided to go back on them and racially abuse me.
"If I'm honest I was expecting it, with the role I'm now doing at the Scottish FA and my stance on racism and all sorts of discrimination toward people.
"I've been at the forefront of it and I'll continue to be so. So I was expecting it.
"I was racially abused on there, and now people aren't even making fake profiles - I think it had 3,000 followers, so it wasn't something that had just been made overnight.
"There's no blowback to them from social media, people are just doing it. The club reported it and then Instagram came back and said it wasn't against their code of conduct, it didn't violate any of their codes of conduct.
"So it lets you know where we're at with it. It was quite powerful stuff that the person had written.
"First and foremost how you can write these words I'm not actually sure, how Instagram can sit there and say these things are OK.
"What chance have we got?
"We're almost at desperation now. We can all see that it needs to change, everyone can see that it needs to change. The only people that can change it overnight are social media companies but they seem to be sitting on their hands.
"I was thinking about this yesterday: obviously they're not oblivious to what's going on, obviously in their meetings somebody's bringing it up. It's in the national press, so they're seeing.
"And the most disturbing thing is that these social media companies are obviously sitting in their offices and saying it's OK, they're not doing anything about.
"So it almost says, 'we're not against discrimination against people for their colour, religion, sexuality or anything'.
"So they're actually for it, and that's the most disturbing thing. How are these people sitting in there and saying this is OK?
"And there must be people within the hierarchy of colour, of different religions, different sexualities and everything else.
"How must they feel? How must they feel going to work knowing that your bosses actually don't care?"
And Bartley offered a potential solution to the problem.
He said: "You could have a green tick for anyone who decided to load their passport or bank card or anything that links them to the account.
"Some people might not want to be verified. That's fine, but give me the option to say if you're not verified, and Instagram or Twitter don't know who you are, I don't want you commenting on my post. You can still look at my post but you can't message me. Why do I not have that option?
"They need to hold people accountable for what they are writing because at the moment nobody is holding them accountable.
"You know what will happen? Someone will end up getting racially abused or about their sexuality or religion and end up taking their own life. Then they will come out and say 'it's enough now'. Why do we have to wait for that to happen?
"Do something about it now because it's not acceptable."
