Majority of racist tweets aimed at footballers after the Euros came from the UK, Twitter says

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Majority of racist tweets aimed at footballers after the Euros came from the UK, Twitter says
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The majority of racist tweets aimed at footballers following the Euros final came from accounts based in the UK, Twitter has said.

Twitter has not confirmed exactly how many of those 1622 tweets originated in the UK.

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