Last month, Twitter placed fact-check warnings on two tweets from Trump’s own account and demoted and placed a stronger warning on a third Trump tweet about Minneapolis protests
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, on June 1, 2020.Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim, in a move that adds to tensions between the social media platform and the U.S. president, one of its most widely followed users.
“Per our copyright policy, we respond to valid copyright complaints sent to us by a copyright owner or their authorized representatives,” Twitter said in a statement. It did not say who made the complaint.The three minute and 45 second clip is a montage of photos and videos of peaceful marches and police officers hugging protesters interspersed with some scenes of burning buildings and vandalism, set to gentle piano music and Trump speaking.
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