In Britain, five people were detained for racist statements on the Internet. It is believed that these people posted racist insults to black players of the England national team after their defeat in the match with Italy in the final of the European Football Championship on social networks, BBC reports..

Earlier, the head of the football-related crime investigation unit Mark Roberts said that every complaint of racist tweets would be investigated.. "

According to Roberts, the police work closely with social networks, which provide them with the data of those who publish racist posts.. This was confirmed on Thursday by Facebook, adding that they removed 25 million comments containing "

Investigations into racist incidents on the Internet continue: about 2,000 racist tweets were sent to Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saki and Jadon Sancho after the Euro 2020 final, which England lost in a penalty shootout. The police send requests to the administration of social networks, which provide them with the data of those who posted the insults. This information is then released to the regional police units, which carry out arrests..

At the moment, the police have sent several dozen such requests to Facebook, Twitter and other companies..

Detentions took place in several districts of England, but little is known about the detainees. Probably most of them are men. The last was detained a 42-year-old man from Cheshire, but was later released pending clarification of the circumstances. A 37-year-old resident of a suburb of Manchester and a 50-year-old resident of Worcester were also detained, but they have also been released so far..

Detainees face charges under various articles - from violating the law on harmful communications (punishable by up to two years in prison, a fine, or both, to incitement to racial hatred (up to seven years in prison).

Officials, MPs, police and politicians, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, expressed outrage at the torrent of racism that hit the three players. On the Change website. org more than a million people have signed a petition demanding "

Another gesture in support of the players was made by the administration of the Exmoor Reserve in western Britain - after a public vote, they named Rashford the first beaver born in the reserve in 400 years..

Racism during the championship caused several more scandals. Large real estate company Savilles has launched an internal investigation into an employee who posted racist comments during a match.

Boris Johnson said on Wednesday that the government would extend the bans on visiting games to those who made racist statements on the Internet.. Social networks that do not delete them can be fined up to 10% of their annual profits, he added..

After the final of the European Championship on July 11, 897 offenses were recorded in the country, in one way or another related to football, 264 people were arrested. In total, during Euro 2020, 2,344 such incidents occurred, and 630 people were detained in connection with them..