A manipulated video being shared by some social media users to spread a false claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurred her words after meeting with President Trump on Wednesday has been removed by YouTube, the company says
The crudely edited video comes amid warnings from the US intelligence community that more sophisticated video manipulation may be part of future disinformation campaigns targeting the American electorate. The video, which shows Pelosi's onstage comments at the Center for American Progress on Wednesday, has been slowed down, which makes her words seem slurred. Pelosi's spokesman declined to comment on the video when contacted by CNN.
YouTube, owned by Google, removed the video, its spokesperson told CNN. "YouTube has clear policies that outline what content is not acceptable to post and we remove videos violating these policies when flagged to us. These videos violated our policies and have been removed," the spokesperson said. The video did not appear prominently in YouTube search and YouTube's recommendations, the spokesperson said.A Twitter spokesperson said the company had nothing to share about the video.
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