Sonny Bill Williams asks Instagram to explain take-down of photo showing himself and Tu'ungafasi in prayer

All Blacks centre, Sonny Bill Williams has posted on Instagram asking why a picture of him and fellow Muslim All Black player, Ofa Tu'ungafasi in prayer on the field prior to their 23-13 win over the Springboks was taken down.

In the post, Williams posted the original photo as well as a screen-grab of the message from Instagram saying the post had been removed because “a third party reported that the content infringes or otherwise violates their rights”.

He questioned those Instagram users who had reported the photo as to why such a photo expressing their gratitude for what they have been blessed was taken down.

 

 

 

 

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Hello @instagram & to all that reported this photo. I’m wondering why this was removed from mine and @ofatuungafasi pages? Surely a simple picture of someone expressing their gratitude for what they’ve been blessed with is ok? 🤲🏽❤️

A post shared by Sonny Bill Williams (@sonnybillwilliams) on Sep 23, 2019 at 9:47pm PDT

According to Stuff.co, Owner of Instagram, Facebook explained the image was removed due to a claim of intellectual property infringement.

I have confirmation the professional photographer who took this picture complained to Instagram after his byline was cropped out. Fair enough https://t.co/RHx0Wf2cix

— Jamie Pandaram (@JamiePandaram) September 24, 2019

Meanwhile, the All Blacks take on Canada at 10.15pm next Wednesday.

[Source:TVNZ]

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