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A video from President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign paying tribute to a man killed by Minneapolis police was banned from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The social media platforms say they banned the tribute to George Floyd because the videos used copyrighted photos and videos without permission. A California law firm representing one of the producers of the copyrighted images contacted Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube demanding the video be removed.

“Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram removed posts by official Trump campaign accounts that included videos narrated by Trump discussing Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. The narration is played over a series of photographs and videos that appear to have been taken during recent protests around the country over Floyd’s killing,” POLITICO reported.

“We received a copyright complaint from the creator under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and have removed the post,” Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone told POLITICO in an email. “Organizations that use original art shared on Instagram are expected to have the right to do so.”

Twitter also took action, blocking tweets of the video. Only YouTube has left the video up, claiming the video uploaded to their platform did not use the copyrighted images.

The Trump campaign accused the companies of “censorship.”

“Twitter and @Jack are censoring this uplifting and unifying message from President Trump after the #GeorgeFloyd tragedy,” @TeamTrump tweeted.

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Michael Brigham has written for American Action News since the summer of 2019. His areas of expertise include foreign affairs, government, and politics, but regardless of the subject matter, he has a nose and an insatiable appetite for news. In his free time, he enjoys reading nonfiction, watching a mix of comedies and true crime documentaries, and spending time away from the swamp hiking in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

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  2. And the FCC allows discrimination and open attacks against individuals, and God Fearing Conservatives. News Media Outlets who claim to be fair and honest, are anything but fair or honest. They are closed platforms, and will censor, or delete, their opponents view point while pretending to be open, peaceful, and fair. The FCC was probably stacked by the previous administration, the same as the DOJ, the FBI, and the IRS was. Are there other Liberals planted in our government and News Media Outlets? Yes. It is up to you to demand Congress to put a stop to it! Our Education system has been taken over by anti-God, anti Democratic books and professors. Their goal….overthrow our Democratic Government and make docile slaves out of us. They want to control the media. You only see and hear what they want you to see or hear.

    1. You know what we do. Don’t use those media sites. Will or can you do that? I doubt it because we are soo conditioned in having these sites as a convenience that we have become addicted to them. They can do anything they wand a you and everyone else will be right back using them. I have purged them from my life already I never used twitter or Instagram. FB was hard but after 1 week I found I wasn’t on the PC as much. .

      BOYCOTT ALL SOCIAL MEDIA. That’s what companies do to people like Tucker Carlson when he tells the truth. Beat your addiction to these Communist/Socialist sites.

    1. Regulation always finds a way to backfire. I’d recommend busting these companies into at least two parts. The Sherman Antitrust Act is intended to eliminate monopolies. The last one resulted in Microsoft being divided into two parts: software and operating system.

      Before that, AT&T was divided into (as I recall) seven parts. At the very least, the three big monopolies could be divided by geography or subject matter. After dividing them, free enterprise allows them to compete with each other as well as making it easier for new competition. Just sayin.

    2. Its time to cut the heads off of the snakes who run social media and its censoring mechanism before they have a chance to influence the 2020 elections and the democrap parties wet dreams of mail in ballots and ought right voter fraud. who the baboon Bined and one of his radical black fem pics.

      1. Thomas, that their goal. To swing the election to Biden. Now you don’t have to be a rocket scientist that if Biden wins it was totally rigged. He can’t even remember what day it is. BLM and Antifa would be running the Country. Hey Joe ” we want you to enact an executive order that all white people should be executed” OK! Guys whatever you want.

  3. This is just one example how Americans will be treated if the Democrats get their puppet Joe Biden back into the WH and take control over your rights. Trump has his first rally in Tulsa, OK my home town at the BOK center and it was packed with supporters inside and outside. He exposed the fake news and Democrats for what they are evil and corrupt. He also reminded people of his accomplishments, his plans to re-open America, revitalize the economy and other measures like police reform, tax reductions, etc. Be aware fake news media is already spinning or better lying about his campaign rally.
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    1. Reports I see say the event was sparsely attended. On tv it looked full.
      Doesn’t seem to be much honest reporting anywhere. Thanks for your assessment.
      Maybe some rich person should start a new venue/forum so we can bypass goodgle, falsebook etc. I mean the initial sign up would carry the new company and decimate the existing liars, wouldn’t it?

    1. Exactly! Dems claim Trump colluded with Russia, which ends up to be a complete hoax – but Dems are “colluding” with social media sites to censor Trump. Hypocrites!

    2. YES, YOU ARE RIGHT!! Last election was the Clinton paid dossier, Russian hoax started under Obummer’s watch with crooked FBI, DOJ agents & their cohorts. Then OUR tax dollars being used by the crooks to stage it all on National TV after paying Mueller & his team. What a circus!! Now the demoncraps are so desperate thinking no one will be prosecuted for past crimes against a Duly Elected President, they are doing MORE EVIL ( funded in part by China & Soros) bracingly out in the open hoping this election will be a train wreck!! The American Patriots have had ENOUGH -VOTE REPUBLICAN TICKET, let’s take back the House and SAVE THE COUNTRY WE LOVE FROM SOCIALISM!!! Trump, Pence 2020

  4. Social Media is a communist joke. Feds need tight regulation in order to preserve American right to free speech.

  5. When will these anti-American companies be taken down? They should NOT be allowed to do this. Everyone with any sense needs to move to alternate sites immediately. Shut them down.

  6. I tweeted to Clayton Kershaw to be sure to look into the origins and goals of the BLM movement before give them any support and my tweet was taken down.

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