Euro 2012: Danish footballers banned from using social media

Irish Sun (IANS) Wednesday 25th April, 2012

Denmark's national football team has been banned from using Twitter and other social media sites during the upcoming European Championships 2012, the country's governing body for the game has said.

"We have an agreement with players that they will not be active on social media sites during the European Championships," Lars Berendt, communications head for the Danish Football Association (DFA), told TV2.

This means there will be no other contact between players and fans outside of official statements, and post-match press conferences and interviews, reports Xinhua.

"There is already so much communication during European Championship, that we must limit the time for meeting with the media," Berendt said.

The DFA says the ban has actually been in place ever since online social media platforms emerged, and that the decision to forbid their use was done by Danish national football team coach Morten Olsen.

However, the ban sparked a controversy in Denmark, given that several Danish national players are avid social media users, and often update their fans via Twitter and Facebook.

Star forward Nicklas Bendtner, who plays for English club Sunderland, regularly writes about his life in England on his Twitter feed, which has 48,504 subscribers.

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