Kathmandu,

August 5,

Twitter has shown that Manchester United legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire are the most abused players. Both the Manchester United players received tons of abusive tweets over their performances.

On the basis of data collected by ofcom shows that 2.3 million messages directed at Premier League players over the first five months of the 2021-22 season.

Half of that abuse was directed at just 12 individuals-eight from United.

Twitter was chosen due to its popularity with players, and because it makes data available for research, but the study does not take into account the safeguards that are in place.

Ofcom is preparing to regulate technology companies under new Online Safety laws aimed at protecting users.