On Saturday, Fofana wrote “2026, it’s still the same thing, nothing changes. These people are never punished.
“You create big campaigns against racism, but nobody actually does anything.”
Mejbri called on people to “educate yourself and your kids”.
These latest incidences of racist abuse towards players come days after the alleged racial abuse of Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr during a Champions League match against Benfica, which Uefa is investigating.
The Premier League condemned the abuse of Fofana and Mejbri and said “any individuals identified and found guilty of discrimination will face the strongest possible consequences, including club bans and legal prosecution”.
Anti-discrimination group Kick It Out said they “stood alongside” Fofana and Mejbri but that more must be done to combat racial abuse online.
“Football is working together to tackle this issue alongside the UK Football Policing Unit and Ofcom, but social media companies must do more to offer protections to players and help improve accountability when incidents occur,” they said.
Responding to the Fofana and Mejbri abuse, a spokesperson for Meta told Sport: “No-one should be subjected to racist abuse, and we remove this content when we find it.
“No one thing will stop racist behaviour overnight, but we’ll continue working to protect our community from abuse and cooperate with police investigations.”
Last November, a investigation found that more than 2,000 extremely abusive social media posts – including death and rape threats – were sent about managers and players in the Premier League and Women’s Super League in a single weekend.
In August, the season opening Premier League game between Liverpool and Bournemouth was stopped in the first half after then Cherries forward Antoine Semenyo reported being racially abused by someone in the Anfield crowd.
A Liverpool man has denied the abuse and his trial is scheduled to take place in April.
In January, Newcastle United said they had contacted the police after midfielder Joe Willock was the subject of “disgusting” racial abuse and “deeply disturbing threats” on social media.
Tottenham forward Mathys Tel was the subject of racist abuse on social media after being one of two Spurs players to miss in their Super Cup penalty shootout defeat by Paris St-Germain in August.
England defender Jess Carter was also the target of racist abuse during Euro 2025 in July.
And England internationals Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were all subjected to racism in the aftermath of the Euro 2020 final.
