David Moyes says he doesn’t think anybody should take any abuse on social media saying West Ham won’t have it.
Admitting he is not an expert but he said he couldn’t see any reason why abuse should be allowed.
The manager was talking to reporter son Friday afternoon during his virtual pre-match press conference from Rush Green.
He said he probably wasn’t the one to answer the question as he doesn’t do social media but praised football players through the pandemic who have done incredible things on social media with the charities they helped, and the foodbanks.
English football’s key stakeholders including the Premier League and EFL are set for talks next week to discuss the possibility of staging a blanket social media blackout.
Championship side Swansea on Thursday became the first club to announce they and their players were leaving social media – for seven days – in response to the rise in online abuse and in a bid to ramp up the pressure on the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to clean up their platforms.
They were later joined by second tier rivals Birmingham who followed Swansea’s lead in a show of solidarity.
Scottish champions Rangers also announced their players and management, led by Steven Gerrard, would begin a week-long boycott of all social media channels from 7pm on Thursday night.
