Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram removed a Trump campaign video over copyright complaint
Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram removed a Trump campaign video over copyright complaint
By Kim Lyons
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
June 6, 2020 at 07:12PM
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By Kim Lyons
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have all removed a Trump campaign video from their platforms after receiving copyright complaints, Reuters reported. The nearly four-minute video featured images of the late George Floyd of Minneapolis, who died May 25th after a police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes. A video of the incident has prompted nationwide protests of police violence.
Twitter disabled the video, while Facebook and Instagram removed posts containing the video. When President Trump objected to the removal in a tweet, calling it “illegal,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responded: “Not true and not illegal. This was pulled because we got a DMCA complaint from copyright holder.”
Not true and not illegal.
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June 6, 2020 at 07:12PM
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