THE AFL wants Facebook to take action against a page that makes racist, sexist and abusive comments about players and AFL identities.

Among the offensive posts on the ''AFL Memes'' page - which displays the AFL logo prominently - is a racist reference to North Melbourne player Majak Daw.





The content of the page is directly aimed at players, coaches and other people affiliated with the AFL, and the page uses the AFL logo in its profile picture and cover photo.

A meme is a concept or trend generated on the internet that often goes viral. But the AFL Memes page has gone viral for all the wrong reasons, gathering almost 100,000 ''likes'' in less than a month.