In a letter seen by BBC Sport, Boardman warned: “This behaviour is abhorrent and unacceptable in any context, however it’s particularly disheartening given the progress we’ve made in championing ladies and women in sport.

“By Sport England and Nationwide Lottery funding, we’ve dedicated lots of of tens of millions of kilos to extend participation, visibility and alternative for ladies and women in sport.”

In October 2023, the On-line Security Act turned regulation, guaranteeing social media platforms have an obligation to guard customers from content material comparable to racism, with Ofcom accountable for implementing the laws, and creating codes of apply to information tech corporations. Nonetheless, some anti-racism campaigners consider there must be extra urgency.

“The On-line Security Act 2023 supplies a framework to deal with unlawful and dangerous content material, together with hate speech and misogynistic abuse,” wrote Boardman.

“We’re significantly considering how the brand new codes can be utilized to deal with the form of focused abuse we’re seeing. We perceive that Ofcom has additionally issued draft steerage on enhancing on-line security for ladies and women, and we might welcome the chance to debate how these measures may be strengthened and enforced.

“For too lengthy, web trolls have been given free rein by the large tech corporations to unfold bile and distress, and this can’t be allowed to proceed.

“Might you please advise what additional steps may be taken throughout the present regulatory framework to sort out misogyny and racism on-line?”

Tradition Secretary Lisa Nandy advised BBC Sport that social media corporations and Ofcom “must do extra”.

“I believe the act will proceed to be examined each time an issue surfaces and it is incumbent on these comparable to Ofcom and social media platforms to be proactive in rooting this out,” she stated.

“We introduced within the On-line Harms Act this yr to ensure there are sanctions for corporations that do not take this content material down and we’re doing numerous work in colleges to coach younger individuals in regards to the impression of on-line abuse but it surely’s incumbent on all of us to name this out.

“It is completely disgraceful what [Jess Carter] has needed to put up with and we’re fully behind her and the Lionesses.”

Ofcom has been approached for remark.