Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony has revealed there are ongoing discussions relation to a social media boycott.
A number of clubs across the football pyramid have already taken part in a seven boycott, including Championship sides Swansea City and Birmingham City, while Scottish champions Rangers - who saw Glen Kamara and Kemar Roofe racially abused during and following the aftermath of their defeat to Slavia Prague in the Europa League.
Recently former Sunderland target Marcus Maddison has also made the decision to step away from the game following a struggle with his mental health - citing the abuse he's received as one of the main reasons.
Now, all Premier League and EFL clubs could be set to participate in a seven day social media boycott.
Speaking on the latest edition of his 'Hard Truth' podcast, MacAnthony said: "I feel for the players. For them to suffer such horrific abuse in this day and age is simply unbelievable.
“There is talk of a social media blackout and we will sign up for it. It’s probably going to happen next week, but sadly the likes of Jack Dorsey (Twitter CEO) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) won’t give two hoots.
“They should be doing more to stop the root cause of the abuse.
“The other day (American politician) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suffered some criticism on social media and one of the guys who delivered it soon had the police knocking his door. Who gave the police the man’s details?
“And yet the details of the animals and the scumbags who abuse our sportsmen are hidden. Why aren’t the police knocking on those doors? Because they aren’t given the information that’s why.
“I can’t stand ‘Big Tech’. They can interfere in politics and help win elections, but they can’t do more to end this awful racism towards sports stars?
“It would be the easiest thing in the world for filters to be in place to locate certain words and for action to be taken.
“‘Big tech’ could stop the abuse in an instant, but they won’t.”
