Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers have reportedly banned the Games’ 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.
The directive was issued Tuesday, according to a report from the Guardian, as was specifically designed to keep images of the British women’s soccer team off the Games’ social media accounts, after Team GB pledged to “take a knee” in support of several black members of the U.K.’s men’s soccer team, who were hit with racial abuse online after missing penalty kicks in the European championships.
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