Twitter disables Trump campaign tribute to George Floyd due to copyright complaint
Trump campaign accuses Twitter and Jack Dorsey of censoring an ‘uplifting and unifying message’
Guardian staff
Fri 5 Jun 2020 00.30 EDTLast modified on Fri 5 Jun 2020 03.17 EDT
Twitter has disabled a video by Donald Trump’s campaign team that pays tribute to George Floyd, saying it is the subject of a copyright complaint.
The video was retweeted nearly 7,000 times by people including the US president and his son Donald Jr.
In response to the video’s removal, the campaign accused the social media site and its co-founder, Jack Dorsey, of censoring an “uplifting and unifying message from President Trump” and urged its followers make a separate YouTube video go viral.
The nearly four-minute clip posted on Wednesday shows images of peaceful protests while Trump speaks of the “grave tragedy” before moving to a warning about violence from “radical leftwing groups” amid scenes of unrest and looting.
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