Twitter disables post by Trump again; prez to hold ‘tele-rallies’
WASHINGTON: Twitter Inc disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a copyright complaint.
The video, which included music from the rock band Linkin Park, disappeared from the president’s Twitter feed late Saturday with the notification: “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner.”
Twitter removed the video, which Trump had retweeted from White House social media director Dan Scavino, after it received a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice from Machine Shop Entertainment, a management company owned by the band.
“We respond to valid copyright complaints sent to us by a copyright owner or their authorised representatives,” a Twitter
representative said in an email statement.
Twitter began challenging Trump’s tweets in May and has repeatedly clashed with him since.
The social media company has several times disabled or commented on tweets by the president because of what it said were copyright complaints or violations of a policy against threatening violence.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO HOLD ‘TELE-RALLIES’
In view of a surging number of Covid-19 infections across the states, President Donald Trump on Saturday said telephonic town halls will be replacing his large in-person campaign rallies until the “Covid-19 problem” is solved, CNN reported.
Speaking to his supporters in Wisconsin during what was described as his first “Telerally,” President Donald Trump said, “I wanted to be with you, and this is really replacing our rallies that we all love so much, we had great rallies in Wisconsin and all over the country”.
TWITTER REMOVED THE VIDEO AFTER IT RECEIVED A DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT NOTICE FROM A MANAGEMENT COMPANY OWNED BY LINKIN PARK