Ministers want social media giants to help in hunting down the online trolls who targeted England s football stars with vile racist abuse.
Government chiefs reportedly want tech firms such as Facebook and Twitter to hand over details in a bid to track down those behind the sickening slurs and make an example of them.
It comes after the social media users targeted Three Lions stars Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and teenager Bukayo Saka with racist abuse on Sunday night.
The trio were targeted after missing their penalties as England suffered Euro 2020 final heartache against Italy.
Twitter says it has since banned more than 1,000 posts following a flurry of abusive messages aimed at England stars.
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