Twitter found and removed 1,662 harmful tweets during the UEFA Euro 2020 Final and in the 24 hours following the match. Twitter UK said ID verification would have been unlikely to prevent the abuse from happening as the accounts we suspended themselves were not anonymous, Twitter UK wrote in a blog post. Three of Englands players missed penalty kicks in the ensuing penalty shoot-out to decide the match. The three penalty kickers were called racist slurs on Instagram, faced racist comments on Twitter, and received direct threats to their safety on Telegram.”]