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Re:Man, 19, jailed for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on T... by heurisko on Thursday March 31, 2022 @02:47PM (#30870869)
I read some of the abusive tweets after the match. One of them was apparently an estate agent https://bhplaw.co.uk/blog/the-three-lions-the-tweet-and-the-...

He said his account had been hacked, which I actually believe, as I remember seeing some weird accounts pop up. But the trial-by-public opinion already resulted in the estate agent losing his job.

It struck me that this would (appallingly) be an effective way to destroy someone else's life: steal one of their profile photos, then create an account to tweet abuse after a prominent event, and let the mob do the rest.

The day after the final there was a wall-to-wall media narrative that portrayed the UK as a racist country. Not until later did they report that the vast majority of abuse came from abroad. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58094408

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