HK Instagrammer Deletes 95 Posts After Followers Discover She Got Them From Google
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By Carl Samson
A fashion model and social media “influencer” in Hong Kong hoped to save face by deleting Instagram posts which her followers discovered to be stolen from Google Images.
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Sadelle Yeung, whom Hong Kong’s Apple Daily described as a “key opinion leader,” has more than 91,000 followers on the platform.
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Often seen traveling around the world, she even managed to appear in a travel show called “A Seek in Singapore.”
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However, after she posted a series of photos about heading to Italy for vacation last month, eagle-eyed Instagram users did some digging.
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The result was a wave of backlash from users accusing her of stealing images after doing a quick Google search.
For one post, a photo she claimed she took in Italy appeared to be a cropped version of another found on the website of an Australian travel company.
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The entire fiasco reportedly prompted Yeung to take down a whopping total of 95 photos earlier this week.
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A parody account called @copywithsadelle curated some of the images, including travel shots, food snaps, and flat lays.
Here are some of the “stolen” photos:
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Yeung apparently acknowledged her “mistake” in response to a former follower who called her out.
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“Everyone makes mistakes, and it’s not fair to conflate one mistake into a big one. I accept everyone’s feedback good and bad,” she said in a post.
What do you think?
Featured Images via Instagram / sadelle (Left), copywithsadelle (Right)
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