{"id":599238,"date":"2021-07-21T15:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T19:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=599238"},"modified":"2021-07-21T15:36:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T19:36:24","slug":"tokyo-olympic-social-media-teams-barred-from-posting-photos-of-protesting-athletes-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tokyo-olympic-social-media-teams-barred-from-posting-photos-of-protesting-athletes-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Olympic Social Media Teams Barred From Posting Photos Of Protesting Athletes: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftokyo-olympic-social-media-teams-barred-from-posting-photos-of-protesting-athletes-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=599238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1329897346.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers have reportedly banned the Games\u2019 social media teams from posting photos of athletes taking a knee or engaging in other forms of political protest on official Tokyo 2020 social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The directive was issued Tuesday, according to a report from the Guardian, as was specifically designed to keep images of the British women\u2019s soccer team off the Games\u2019 social media accounts, after Team GB pledged to \u201ctake a knee\u201d in support of several black members of the UK\u2019s men\u2019s soccer team, who were hit with racial abuse online after missing penalty kicks in the European championships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn insider said the message was delivered from on high on Tuesday evening Tokyo time, with a specific reference to Team GB\u2019s women\u2019s first football match against Chile, just hours before it kicked off in Sapporo on Wednesday,\u201d The Guardian reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe image of both teams taking the knee beforehand, in a protest against racism and online hate, was seen on live TV,\u201d the outlet noted, adding that \u201cnone of these powerful pictures were posted on the official Tokyo 2020 live blog, or its Facebook and Twitter pages, or its Instagram site, which has more than half a million followers. They were also not seen on any of the IOC\u2019s social channels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The American women\u2019s soccer team also took a knee in protest before their match against Sweden on Wednesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-womens-soccer-team-takes-stunning-loss-after-kneeling-for-blm-before-olympic-opener\">As the Daily Wire reported<\/a>, the US went on to lose to Sweden 4-0 in a crushing repeat of the same matchup at the Rio Summer Olympics in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee authorized political protests at the Games only recently. The IOC\u2019s Rule 50 prohibits \u201cdemonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, athletes will be allowed to engage in \u201cpeaceful political protest\u201d provided those protests are not \u201cdisruptive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeaceful protest is now allowed on the field of play, provided it is done without disruption and with respect for fellow competitors. However, sanctions are still threatened for any protests made on the medal podium,\u201d The Guardian noted.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic Committee, in comments made after the game, seemed to suggest that they would not broadcast images or videos of athlete protests on any official media feeds \u2014 traditional or social \u2014 because those feeds are, in turn, broadcast in countries where political protest is not allowed.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the IOC, when confronted with the issue, said only that \u201cthe signal is distributed to all the broadcasters around the world with a huge TV audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IOC president Thomas Bach did reiterate that taking a knee is a form of protest allowed under the new, relaxed, Olympic policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is allowed,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is no violation of Rule 50. That is expressively what is allowed in these guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>American athletes were expected, in some cases, to take part in protests against racial equality and discrimination, and several Team USA athletes are well known for taking a political stance on an international stage. American hammer throw athlete Gwen Berry protested both at the U.S. Olympic Trials, and at the Pan-American Games, where she raised her fist during a medal ceremony \u2014 an action still forbidden under Olympic rules, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/olympics\/trackandfield\/story\/_\/id\/29264606\/gwen-berry-disciplined-raising-fist-pan-games-says-usopc-statement-inequality-insincere\">according to ESPN<\/a>.&nbsp;Several British athletes also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2021\/may\/20\/adam-gemili-warns-ioc-tokyo-olympics-taking-knee-ban\">say they may take a knee<\/a> to protest racial inequality.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers have reportedly banned the Games\u2019 social media teams from posting photos of athletes taking a knee or engaging in other forms of political protest on official &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}