Midfielder subjected to online abuse after Fulham defeatPolice called in by club after player’s family threatened
Newcastle midfielder Joe Willock has called on those in charge of social media companies to clamp down on the “lowlifes” who subjected him to racist online abuse. The 25-year-old hit back after his club called in police over discriminatory posts aimed at him and his family in the wake of the Magpies’ 2-1 Premier League defeat by Fulham on 1 February.
Willock, who described those responsible as “lowlifes”, told the Newcastle Chronicle: “It’s happened to me many times. It was the severity of it. That’s why I had to put it out there. If you are not only coming for my race, but threatening my family, wishing bad things on them, that’s when I have to put it out there and report it. You could actually endanger someone if you have that hatred. I had to do it.”
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