Main content

Football and online hate

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

England鈥檚 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 麻豆社 senior tech reporter Jane Wakefield, and 麻豆社 cybersecurity reporter Joe Tidy. Produced by Jat Gill.

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

Available now

23 minutes

Last on

Fri 16 Jul 2021 21:06GMT
麻豆社 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

More episodes

Previous

Have apps helped tackle the pandemic?

Next

Fresh questions over Pegasus spyware

See all episodes from Tech Life

Broadcasts

  • Fri 16 Jul 2021 03:06GMT
    麻豆社 World Service
  • Fri 16 Jul 2021 08:06GMT
    麻豆社 World Service
  • Fri 16 Jul 2021 19:06GMT
    麻豆社 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
  • Fri 16 Jul 2021 21:06GMT
    麻豆社 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

Get in touch with Tech Life

Get in touch with Tech Life

Email us at techlife@bbc.co.uk or contact us via WhatsApp on +443301230320

Podcast

  • Tech Life

    How tech is transforming the way the world works, learns and plays