Mario Balotelli controversy proves FA requires new internet policy

The FA have reportedly collected £350,000 in Twitter fines since 2011 but limiting free speech is a 1.0 solution to a 2.0 issue

• FA contacts Mario Balotelli over Instagram post

Have you honestly got a “BALOTELLI RACE STORM” left in you? If you have, you must be a stronger man than me. Some of you might even be actual men, come to that – but let’s not get distracted.

First, a recap. On Monday evening, Mario Balotelli reposted on Instagram a picture of Super Mario, the video game character. “Don’t be racist,” this exhorted cheerily. “Be like Mario. He’s an Italian plumber, created by Japanese people, who speaks English and looks like a Mexican, jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew.”

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