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Stan Collymore says police are "banging their heads against a brick wall" because of the way Twitter operates
Former footballer Stan Collymore has accused Twitter of not doing enough to combat abusive messages after he was targeted by internet trolls.
The broadcaster has retweeted some of the offensive messages he has received since he suggested Liverpool striker Luis Suarez dived to earn a penalty in Saturday's match against Aston Villa.
Staffordshire Police confirmed it was investigating.
Twitter said it took action against targeted abuse that was reported to it.
'Thorough investigation'Mr Collymore, a former Liverpool player who now works as a pundit for radio station TalkSport, wrote to his 505,000 Twitter followers: "In the last 24 hours I've been threatened with murder several times, demeaned on my race, and many of these accounts are still active. Why?"
He later added: "I accuse Twitter directly of not doing enough to combat racist/homophobic/sexist hate messages, all of which are illegal in the UK."
In another tweet he wrote: "Several Police forces have been fantastic. Twitter haven't. Dismayed."
The 42-year-old told the BBC he received "filthy racist abuse" from two law students on Twitter two years ago, for which one was jailed and one was ordered to do community service.
But he said police forces were now "banging their heads against a brick wall" because Twitter was not "furnishing them with the information" about users they now wanted to investigate.
"All it's doing is providing a vacuum for anti-semitic abuse, racist abuse, homophobic abuse, sexist abuse, anti-disability abuse," he said.
If charged by police, Twitter users targeting Stan Collymore would not be the first to find themselves in court over tweets.
Mr Collymore told the BBC he had received "filthy racist abuse" from two law students on Twitter two years ago. He said one of the men was jailed for 56 days and the other was ordered to do community service.
Earlier this month two people pleaded guilty to sending "menacing" tweets to feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, and a man who sent racist tweets to former Rangers football players was jailed for six months.
Several people were charged over tweets relating to the killing of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich last year.
One man was jailed for 14 days for malicious communications, while a student who tweeted that anyone who wore a Help for Heroes T-shirt "deserved to be beheaded" was ordered to complete 250 hours of community service.
In 2012, a student was jailed for 56 days for racially offensive comments about footballer Fabrice Muamba. The tweets were sent hours after the Bolton Wanderers player suffered a cardiac arrest during a match.
Mr Collymore said he had been contacted on Twitter by gay and lesbian people who have received "horrific abuse" and said Twitter had a responsibility to act on illegal tweets.
He said he wanted to use Twitter to debate subjects including football.
"If we disagree... absolutely fine, but I shouldn't be racially abused for it, I shouldn't have somebody that tweets me two days ago saying, 'I'm going to turn up at your house and murder you'," he said.
"I mean this is just sheer lunacy and Twitter at the moment, I don't think they know what to do."
Mr Collymore, whose former clubs also include Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Southend United, said Staffordshire Police had been to see him for the fifth time regarding the tweets.
A spokesman for the force said it had been in contact with Mr Collymore on Tuesday evening to "reassure him that we will carry out a thorough and detailed investigation".
He continued: "Our investigation into previous alleged offences is continuing and we are currently liaising with Twitter to obtain subscriber details."
Twitter 'hiding'Broadcaster Piers Morgan was also subjected to abusive tweets after he called for the police and Twitter to take action over the offensive tweets aimed at Mr Collymore.
Mr Morgan singled out tweets by some Twitter users then added: "I repeat, racist abuse & death threats both criminal offences in UK. So keep spewing it, trolls, and I will have you ALL dealt with."
Twitter said that while it did not comment on individual users, targeted abuse was against its rules and it had recently made it easier for users to report abuse.
The company has "established processes in place for working with law enforcement" a spokesman added.
But Mr Collymore said Twitter was "hiding behind" its rules about not commenting on individual cases.
In a recent high profile case, a man and a woman pleaded guilty to sending menacing tweets to Caroline Criado-Perez, who campaigned for a woman to appear on new bank notes. They are due to be sentenced on Friday.
The abuse received by both Ms Criado-Perez - which included rape threats - and MP Stella Creasy resulted in Twitter updating its rules and saying it would introduce an in-tweet "report abuse" button on all platforms, including desktops.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle was targeted by some Twitter users as she appeared on Sky Sports News to answer questions about women in sport.
Using the hashtag #sportswomen, some users tweeted insults and offensive sexual remarks.
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