I would assume it was Facebook and Twitter who identified the IP addresses as "foreign" (I suppose that means not assigned by the UK registrar) unless it was email which would allow the recipient to identify the source. Of course that doesn't prove much as those responsible could have used a VPN with a non UK breakout address from within the UK. Anyway, as Maxine points out, the defacing of the mural was done in the UK. It's irrelevant whether these are "true" football fans or not, the fact that this is happening indicates there's a problem in society that's far wider than just football. Facebook and others need to do more to remove these posted and those accounts sending them; their reliance on automation isn't adequate - it can't identify the context of emojis, or identify irony and sarcasm. It needs more people to "eyeball" many of them - they just need to spend more money on this, which they won't do unless forced to by legislation.I'm not a football follower but Southgate and the team did a superb job getting to the final and almost winning. Perhaps Southgate's acceptance of taking the knee was a great example of inclusion as part of team building and something some members of government could learn from? Still using penalties to decide the outcome seems a horrible way of ending a competition taking several weeks; I like the suggestion I saw on Facebook: in the event of a draw after extra time give the win to the side with the fewer yellow cards ...
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