SWANSEA IN SOCIAL MEDIA VOW OF SILENCE

SWANSEA have taken a stand against online abuse and discrimination by vowing not to post any social media content for seven days.

Three Swansea players – Yan Dhanda, Ben Cabango and Jamal Lowe – have been racially abused on social media recently and the Championship club have declared “enough is enough’’ in the fight against discrimination.

The Swans have written to Twitter and Facebook urging the introduction of tougher policing and punishments for those found guilty of sending online abuse and started the boycott of the platforms on Thursday.

The club said in a statement: “As a club, we have seen several of our players subjected to abhorrent abuse in the past seven weeks alone, and we feel it is right to take a stand against behaviour that is a blight on our sport, and society at large.

“We will always be unwavering in our support of our players, staff, supporters and the community that we proudly represent, and we are united as a club on this issue.

“We also want to stand with players from other clubs who have had to endure vile discrimination on social media platforms.”

Fellow Championship outfit Birmingham and Scottish giants Rangers have following suit, parking social media use for a week.