Rangers striker Kemar Roofe has called on social media companies to clamp down on trolls after he was subjected to racist abuse.
The Ibrox star was targeted on Instagram after his team-mate Glen Kamara was alleged to have been racially abused by Slavia Prague player Ondrej Kudela during a Europa League clash earlier this month.
Roofe, 28, who was sent off in the match following a wild challenge on the Slavia goalkeeper, says he receives racial slurs online every day and feels powerless to stop it.
He believes platforms need to take firm action to tackle the growing problem.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Super 6 podcast, Roofe said: “I’m still getting it on social media. I go into my messages on Instagram and I’m getting tons and tons of messages now so I’m not sure when it’s actually going to stop for me personally.
“What can I do? I can’t do anything. I’m not going to not go on social media.”
He added: “I can ignore it and just go about my business but there are lots of people who can’t do that. To receive comments every day, abusing you, something needs to be done by the social media company owners.”
European football’s governing body, Uefa, and Police Scotland have both launched probes into Kudela’s alleged racist abuse of Kamara.
Last week, ex-Arsenal striker Thierry Henry put the pressure on social media giants to tackle the “mental torture” of online racist abuse after he quit all platforms in disgust.
Slavia knocked Rangers out of the competition, winning 2-0 at Ibrox and 3-1 on aggregate.
