Wales star Gareth Bale said he would be willing to join a boycott of social media to tackle online abuse after former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry disabled his accounts.
Henry quit social media at the weekend, saying he would stay away until platforms did more to tackle “toxic” racism and harassment.
Two of Bale’s Wales team-mates, Ben Cabango and Rabbi Matondo, were racially abused on Instagram following Saturday’s 1-0 friendly win over Mexico -- the latest footballers to be attacked online.
Matondo criticised Instagram for not reacting quickly enough, saying if he had posted images of the match they would have been removed.
Facebook, which owns Instagram, later removed a number of accounts that were used for the racial abuse.
Bale, speaking on Monday, on the eve of Wales’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic, said only a mass boycott would have an impact. (AFP)