"On the bar" again! Due to copyright issues, Twitter deleted the video posted by the Trump campaign
[Global Times reporter Liu Haoran] Twitter is "on the bar" with Trump again! On June 3, the US President Trump's campaign team released the latest promotional video. This public service advertisement mourns Freud, the African-American victim of violent law enforcement, and also strongly calls for social solidarity. It is embarrassing that this rare "positive energy" advertisement was removed by Twitter the day after it was released, because the related material involved copyright issues.
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According to the US "Capitol Hill" reported on the 5th, the Trump campaign team released a public service advertisement entitled "To be cured, not to hate" on multiple online platforms on the 3rd. The video duration is about 4 minutes. The video uses a speech released by Trump a few days ago as a narration, criticizing the so-called "extreme left forces" in the recent chaos in society and warning about violence and anarchism. Finally, the advertisement released the message of "supporting the police", emphasizing that the vast majority of law enforcement officers in the United States are "diligent civil servants."
On the Twitter platform, the video was originally posted by the Trump campaign team account "@TeamTrump" and was reposted nearly 7,000 times in a short time, including Trump himself and his son Donald Jr. Unexpectedly, the video was removed by Twitter only the next day. Twitter said that the company received a complaint from a copyright owner who complained that at least one image in the video was suspected of infringement, but Twitter did not specify Point out where. "Capitol Hill News" said that after verification by a third-party legal platform, the relevant video content did violate the current copyright law of the United States, and the complainant's actions are legitimate rights protection actions.
However, the Trump campaign responded fiercely to the incident, and accused Twitter founder Jack Dorsey of intentionally setting limits on the information released by the president. Clark, a spokesman for the team, said that Twitter had made a series of "questionable" and "capricious" operations, but these measures have only "targeted Trump's campaign." He also said that the platform removes important information that Trump has issued about the protests, indicating that the company "upgrades the dual-standard operation." The team also called on the president’s supporters to watch on other online platforms-as of now, the ad is still available on Facebook, Youtube and Instagram.
According to the British "Guardian", this is not the first time Trump has been "deleted" on Twitter because of copyright issues. In 2019, Trump was complained by the US Warner Bros. Entertainment Company and the Canadian "Centennial Band" for improper use of film and television soundtracks and pop music, and Twitter also made a post deletion. As the general election approaches, the two parties in the United States are increasingly competing for the position of online public opinion, and the friction between Trump and Twitter is also escalating. At the end of May, after the two tweets were "marked," Trump signed an executive order directly, demanding that social media platforms be legally responsible for the "review of speech" measures.