(Technology) – Twitter disabled U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign tribute video to George Floyd citing a copyright complaint.
The clip was a collation of photos and videos taken at the protest marches and violent incidents that took place in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, with Trump speaking in the background.
Floyd’s death was a result of a fatal encounter with a police officer and it has sparked nationwide protests. In several videos circulating online, a white officer was seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck as Floyd gasped for air saying, “I can’t breathe,” before passing out.
The video on the president’s campaign account was affected by Twitter’s copyright policy.
“We respond to valid copyright complaints sent to us by a copyright owner or their authorized representatives.”
– Twitter representative
The video, three-minute 45-second long, was uploaded onto Trump’s YouTube channel and had been tweeted by his campaign on June 3.
The clip remains on YouTube with over 60,000 views and 13,000 likes.
Twitter has been under fierce scrutiny from the Trump administration after it fact-checked Trump’s tweets about unsubstantiated claims of mail-in voting fraud. It also labelled a Trump tweet about protests in Minneapolis as “glorifying violence.”
Trump pledged to introduce legislation to remove or weaken a law shielding social media companies from liability for content posted by their users.
(Photo syndicated via Reuters)
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