Protest has attracted widespread support but F1 will not join‘If me doing it helps ... I am happy to do so,’ says HamiltonLewis Hamilton will add his backing to the
Social Media boycott taking place this weekend across English sport aimed at putting pressure on online platforms to tackle
racism, abuse and discrimination.
The
Formula One world champion – who has an enormous global audience on
Instagram with 22 million followers and a further 6.3 million on
Twitter – revealed he had been subjected to online abuse and was proud so many sporting organisations led by English
Football and including
Cricket, rugby and
Tennis clubs, players and bodies were backing the initiative, although F1 has yet to do so. Guardian Sport is also adding its support to the campaign.