English Premier League side Brentford is “disgusted and saddened” by “abusive racist messages” received by star player Ivan Toney following Saturday’s match against London rival Arsenal
, according to a statement released by the club. Toney, who scored the controversial equalizer against Arsenal in the 1-1 league draw, “received a barrage of abusive, racist direct messages via his Instagram account,” Brentford said on Sunday. “We are disgusted and saddened that Ivan has had to deal with this yet again. We will not tolerate it and we will do everything we can to pursue the individuals involved.
’ “We urge the government to act swiftly to pass legislation that protects people from online abuse.” ‘We don’t want racist abuse on Instagram’ In a statement sent to CNN on Monday, Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, condemned the racist abuse directed at Toney on social media. “We don’t want racist abuse on Instagram, and sending messages like this is completely against our rules,” a Meta spokesperson told CNN.
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