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Twitter bars Trump favourite’s account

Glare on Right-wing online personality

Reuters New York Published 25.06.20, 01:54 AM
Twitter has repeatedly clashed with Trump since it began challenging his tweets in May.

Twitter has repeatedly clashed with Trump since it began challenging his tweets in May. (AP photo)

Twitter Inc has permanently suspended the account of a Right-wing online personality for violating its copyright policy, a week after he posted a doctored video of toddlers that was tweeted by President Donald Trump.

The move was the second action Twitter took related to Trump’s tweets within 24 hours. On Tuesday it hid a tweet from Trump threatening “serious force” against protesters in Washington DC, which Twitter said violated its policy on threatening violence.

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Twitter has repeatedly clashed with Trump since it began challenging his tweets in May. The President has threatened to change laws on social media after Twitter labelled one of his tweets about postal voting inaccurate and hid a tweet about looting.

Last week, Twitter put the “manipulated media” designation on a tweet from Trump that showed a doctored news clip from CNN. The original clip was a cheerful story of a viral video showing Black and white toddlers who were best friends.

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