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Football and online hate

Can social platforms stop the racist abuse of black players? Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones.

England’s black players received a wave of racist abuse after the team lost to Italy in the European Championship final. What could the social platforms do to end such behaviour? Plus websites associated with the hacker group REvil go offline. And why an old Super Mario 64 video game cartridge sold for $1.5m at auction. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ senior tech reporter Jane Wakefield, and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ cybersecurity reporter Joe Tidy. Produced by Jat Gill.

(Image: England footballer Marcus Rashford, Credit: PA).

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