Soccer chief RESIGNS after he referred to 'coloured footballers' and claimed South Asians and Afro-Caribbean people have 'different career interests'

Greg Clarke has resigned as FA chairman following a disastrous parliamentary appearance in which he made reference to 'coloured footballers' among a host of other offensive gaffes.

As MailOnline revealed on Tuesday afternoon the 63-year-old immediately came under pressure from inside Wembley to quit and after canvassing the opinions of other Board members came to the conclusion that he had no option but to stand down immediately.

In his resignation statement Clarke admitted that comments in which he also stereotyped south Asians and described homosexuality as a 'life choice' were 'unacceptable,' but claimed to have been considering the FA for some time.

Clarke was instrumental in the FA's development of the code, which includes specific targets for inclusive recruitment policies and has been adopted by 19 Premier League clubs, but his words failed match his actions.

In an extraordinary appearance via video link in front of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee yesterday morning Clarke used the phrase 'coloured footballers' when discussing online racial abuse and claimed that South Asians and Afro-Caribbean people have 'different career interests' by citing the make-up of the FA's IT department.

He was also criticised for saying a coach had told him that the lack of women's goalkeepers was due to girls not liking the ball being kicked at them, while Stonewall UK was among those who condemned his suggestion that being gay was a 'life choice'.

Clarke offered an apology for the 'coloured' remark soon afterwards after being prompted to do so by Kevin Brennan MP, but this apparent contrition was not enough to assuage the anger of FA Board members and staff who have increasingly come to view the chairman as an embarrassing liability.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8933911/FA-chairman-Greg-Clarke-pressure-resign-car-crash-DCMS-grilling.html

Top Biden aide accuses Facebook of 'shredding the fabric of our democracy' in latest sign that Big Tech's regulatory woes could grow WORSE under Democrats

A top aide to President-elect Joe Biden has accused Facebook of 'shredding the fabric of our democracy' in the latest signal that the Democratic administration may be tougher on Big Tech than Republican President Donald Trump has been.

Bill Russo, a deputy campaign communications director for Biden, lashed out at Facebook in a series of tweets on Monday night, blasting the company led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allowing what he called 'debunked conspiracy theories'.

'If you thought disinformation on Facebook was a problem during our election, just wait until you see how it is shredding the fabric of our democracy in the days after. Look at what has happened in just the past week,' Russo said, going on to list examples that he said showed Facebook was too slow to delete certain dangerous right-wing content.

While Trump has talked tough about harsher regulations on Big Tech, accusing social media platforms of censoring conservatives, his administration has taken little concrete action.

Russo's tweets are among a number of signs that a Biden administration will take a harder line, pursuing Democrats' opposite complaint that social media companies don't delete enough material that they deem questionable.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8935183/Top-Biden-aide-accuses-Facebook-shredding-fabric-democracy.html

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