The Australian edition of the tabloid is apparently having trouble sourcing original images.
Section Boyz have hit out at The Daily Mail Australia for misappropriating one of their photos in a story about gang violence.
As ABC Media Watch points out, a feature about the Apex gang in Melbourne uses an image the “UK rap band” posted on Twitter back in October 2016.
Hey @DailyMailAU – your APEX gang pic is actually a UK rap band. Which we also we told you about last November. #mediawatch pic.twitter.com/SElOW8NU2s
— Media Watch (@ABCmediawatch) January 31, 2017
The image has since been replaced – although Media Watch notes that this is not the first time the paper has made a similar mistake – but that did not stop the group from responding: “We are not happy with the way you have used our popular picture to slander another group that has nothing to do with us.”
@DailyMailAU we are not happy with the way you have used our popular picture to slander another group that has nothing to do with us. FIX UP
— SECTiON BOYZ (@SectionBoyz_) January 31, 2017
Not all is annoying for Section Boyz, however. Last night the group made a special guest appearance at London’s O2 at the first of eight Drake shows in the arena. Watch them perform ‘Lock Arff’ below.
