England cricketers are willing to boycott social media: Stuart Broad

England pacer Stuart Broad has said that the team would be willing to boycott social media in order to take a stand against online abuse. “There are great positives to social media but if we have to lose those positives for a period of time to make a stand then I’d be well up for that,” he said.

“If there was action it would come from the leaders in our dressing room and if the team felt like a change needed to happen we’ve got some really great people above us in the hierarchy who would be very open to what the team’s beliefs were,” he added. 

Recently, Bangladesh author Taslima Nasreen had made a controversial tweet on all-rounder Moeen Ali. She has said that Moeen would have joined ISIS if he was not playing cricket. 

“If Moeen Ali were not stuck with cricket, he would have gone to Syria to join ISIS," Taslima said in a tweet that was later deleted. 

The tweet didn’t really go well with the fans and other cricketers and Taslima did face backlash for the same. 

Scottish champions Rangers and English second-tier side Swansea City had last week said that they would boycott social media for a week after a number of players were racially abused.