'Scourge of the planet' laid bare amid Latrell saga

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Phil Gould has labelled societal media "the scourge of the planet" and laid bare the relation helium thinks it played successful the latest Latrell Mitchell racism controversy.

NRL and New South Wales Police investigations are ongoing aft Mitchell was the unfortunate of a spectator's radical slur during the opening crippled of circular two.

The incidental occurred arsenic the South Sydney fullback walked up the Penrith Stadium passageway astatine half-time during the Rabbitohs' clash with the Panthers past Thursday night.

The perpetrator was a 15-year-old.

"All these kids unrecorded their beingness connected societal media," Gould said connected Nine's 100% Footy connected Monday night.

"It's not acceptable behaviour, but it's commonplace connected societal media and you deliberation you (can) get distant with it, you deliberation you tin fell down the anonymity of societal media. Someone conscionable thinks that they tin spell retired successful nationalist and bash this?

"This is wherever it is and that's wherever the acquisition needs to start.

"As I say, I don't cognize thing astir his upbringing, I don't cognize thing astir his parentage, I don't cognize thing astir his schooling.

"But for a teenage kid of this property to travel retired with a remark similar that successful that situation astatine the time, something's got to beryllium wrong. They've got to beryllium surviving nether a stone to not cognize that's unacceptable. It's not acceptable."

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A big of past and contiguous NRL and AFL stars have been victims of racism connected societal media, including Mitchell, Inglis, Josh Addo-Carr, Eddie Betts, Adam Goodes and Cyril Rioli.

"Under the anonymity of societal media it is communal practice. We each cognize it," Gould added.

"Abuse and each of this benignant of stuff, whether it's radical oregon immoderate benignant of vilification, is communal signifier successful societal media.

"This is what these kids turn up with. They deliberation it's normal, they deliberation it's commonplace. They don't cognize wherever to gully the line. The acquisition conscionable hasn't been sufficient. You get incidents similar this."

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Gould added that portion specified incidents were "unsavoury", they presented opportunities to "raise awareness".

"Wayne Bennett said the close thing; it doesn't hap amongst the players, it doesn't hap amongst our clubs. That went retired agelong ago, agelong ago. It conscionable doesn't happen," Gould said.

"So wherefore bash we judge it from our fans, oregon radical who purport to beryllium fans?"

Paul Gallen has agelong been targeted by maltreatment of different kinds connected societal media.

"I've said from time 1 societal media should beryllium similar a car license," the erstwhile Sharks skipper said connected 100% Footy.

"Everyone's relationship should beryllium verified. You should person your representation connected the account, your sanction connected the account. They should beryllium verified by these multibillion-dollar companies.

"I can't judge they're not.

"There's truthful galore radical who get to fell down this and get distant with saying things similar this. They do. It's wrong, it truly is wrong."

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