{"id":45381,"date":"2021-04-29T06:13:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T06:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=45381"},"modified":"2021-04-29T06:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T06:13:33","slug":"gambling-firms-join-social-media-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/gambling-firms-join-social-media-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambling Firms Join Social Media Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-45383\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps-220x146.jpeg 220w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/social-media-apps.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The growing social media blackout happening on the 30<sup>th<\/sup> April to the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> May is gathering pace in support of football clubs and players who originally called for the protest against online abuse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gambling firms Oddschecker and MansionBet\u00a0are two of the gambling companies that will also conduct a social media blackout during the period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Along with them the list grows with BT Sport, TalkSport Radio, sports company Adidas, Budweiser, Barclays Bank, Cazoo and several other sporting organisations are supporting the social media boycott. It is also expected that sports broadcasting giant Sky Sports will also join.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The social media blackout stems from online abuse to footballers but now is growing to a more general boycott to get social media giants to take more control over online abusers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The growing social media blackout happening on the 30th April to the 3rd May is gathering pace in support of football clubs and players who originally called for the protest against online abuse. Gambling firms Oddschecker and MansionBet\u00a0are two of the gambling companies that will also conduct a social media blackout during the period. 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