Facebook Yanks Donald Trump Campaign’s George Floyd Video Over Copyright Complaint, Following Twitter

Ted Johnson Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco objected to the Donald Trump campaign’s use of “High Hopes” at a Phoenix event on Tuesday, even using an expletive to make his point.“Dear Trump campaign,” Urie wrote on Twitter. “F— you.

Ted Johnson Tom Petty’s family issued a statement objecting to Donald Trump’s use of the song I Won’t Back Down at Saturday night’s rally, claiming that his campaign was not authorized to use it.“Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind,” the family said.“Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorUPDATED: Facebook and Twitter on Friday both removed a video posted by President Donald Trump — which was faked to appear as if it had aired on CNN — after receiving a copyright-infringement claim.“We received a copyright complaint from the rights holder of this video under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and have removed the post,” a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Variety.A Twitter rep also said the video from Trump’s tweet was removed.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook on Friday removed a video posted by President Donald Trump — which was faked to appear as if it had aired on CNN — after receiving a copyright-infringement claim.“We received a copyright complaint from the rights holder of this video under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and have removed the post,” a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Variety.On Thursday, Trump cross-posted a meme video to Twitter and Facebook that was doctored with fake CNN chyrons

John Legend says the death of George Floyd is a reminder that Black people in the singer’s life are in danger.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook removed posts and ads from Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign over imagery that violated the social network’s policy banning “organized hate.”The Trump ads blasted “Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups,” which it claimed are “running through our streets and causing absolute mayhem.” The ads featured an upside-down triangle, which anti-hate groups said was strikingly similar to notorious Nazi symbols denoting political prisoners in World War II

Jordan Moreau The Wrap’s editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman and executive editor Thom Geier have apologized for a controversial guest blog about the filming of the widely spread George Floyd video.“Due to a failure in editing, this post fell short of TheWrap’s standards.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerFacebook and Instagram claim Donald Trump’s video tributes for George Floyd violated copyright laws, and therefore took them down. The move follows a similar decision by Twitter.The removed items included videos narrated by Trump that talked about Floyd’s death while a montage of photographs and videos appear.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIn another display of Executive Time in action, Donald Trump today blared back out on the field of the NFL and race relations to condemn New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for apparently changing his mind on fellow players taking a knee in protest.After already slobbering all over the memory of George Floyd and his death at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day in ill-considered remarks at the White House earlier on Friday, the

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.

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. The company put a label on a video posted by the @TeamTrump account that said, “This media has been disabled in response to a claim by the copyright owner.”

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Justin Trudeau literally fell silent for over 20 seconds before commenting on U.S. President Donald Trump‘s desire to use military force to quell George Floyd racial injustice protests across the country.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t sharing what he thinks about U.S. President Donald Trump’s language and behaviour amid escalating anti-racism protests, despite facing pointed questions on Tuesday.

Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic is facing backlash after he recently praised the hard-line calls of President Trump in which he threatened to send in the military to restore order at nationwide protests over George Floyd’s death if governors didn’t do it. “Wow!!! I know many of you can’t stand him, however, Trump knocked it out of the park with this speech,” Novoselic wrote on his personal Facebook page.

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