Facebook removes Trump campaign tribute to George Floyd over copyright

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Source: the hill



By Jonathan Easley - 06/05/20 06:14 PM EDT


Facebook and Instagram on Friday removed a video tribute to George Floyd posted by President Trump’s reelection campaign because it included unauthorized copyrighted material.

“We received a copyright complaint from the creator under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and have removed the post,” a Facebook official told The Hill. “Organizations that use original art shared on Instagram are expected to have the right to do so.”

Twitter removed the same video from its platform on Thursday, drawing scorn from the Trump campaign, which called the move “an unfortunate escalation” of tensions between the social media giant and the president’s reelection team.

At issue is a nearly four-minute long video the campaign posted across all of the social media platforms that is narrated by a speech the president gave a few days after Floyd died during a Minneapolis police arrest.

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The video also warns about “violence and anarchy” from radical “left-wing groups” over images of riots and looting. And Trump can be heard praising law enforcement officials as “devoted public servants” over images of police and civilians sharing hugs or cleaning the streets........................


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/501418-facebook-removes-trump-campaign-tribute-to-george-floyd-over-copyright

[msongs]

1. one wonders what is the copyrighted material nt

[TeamPooka]

2. probably news footage from a network

[dhill926]

5. of course I won't watch it...

but was wondering if he appropriated someone's music again...

[jls4561]

3. So Zuckerberg allows hate speech, but the threat of a lawsuit violating a copyright

has him running to his baby bunker? Did he remember to take his binky?

[marble falls]

4. Can they remove him from Washington?

[keithbvadu2]

6. As if Trump cares about someone else's copyrighted material.

As if Trump cares about someone else's copyrighted material.

There should be a law that if someone uses your image/intellectual property without your permission, then you can use theirs to promote any cause you wish.

Reciprocity.

[mountain grammy]

8. Right..he's done it many times

I think the penalty for trump using someone else's property should be the guillotine

[Cha]

7. So whatever the "copy right violation" Propaganda was.. Gets Removed across

the board and BLOTUS threatens "escalation".

FO BLOATED ASSFACE.

[forgotmylogin]

9. "an unfortunate escalation" of tensions between the social media giant and the president's reelectio

So. He's worried about "escalation of tension" on social media and not the escalation of tension outside his doorstep?

[Marcuse]

10. If he is above the Constitution, why worry about copyright law.