IOC Bans Press from Sharing GIFs from the Olympics, Internet is Amused

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IOC Bans Press from Sharing GIFs from the Olympics, Internet is Amused

The IOC has a lot to worry about this Olympics: making sure the athletes are safe, making sure the media is safe, making sure the press knows they are NOT

via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2016/08/05/ioc-bans-press-sharing-gifs-olympics-internet-amused/

…the use of Olympic Material transformed into graphic animated formats such as animated GIFs (i.e. GIFV), GFY, WebM, or short video formats such as Vines and others, is expressly prohibited.