Jack Dorsey claps back at Trump after president complained about Twitter removing George Floyd video
Daily MailTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey hit back at President Trump on Friday night, tweeting that the decision to remove a campaign video featuring images from the George Floyd protests due to a copyright claim was legal. The president on Friday accused Twitter of ‘fighting hard for the Radical Left Democrats’ and waging a ‘one-sided battle’ which he called ‘illegal.’ Trump also referenced 'Section 230' - shorthand for Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which protects social media companies from legal liability for content posted by third-party users of their platforms. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey denied the charge and responded to the president late on Friday The president on Friday accused Twitter of ‘fighting hard for the Radical Left Democrats’ and waging a ‘one-sided battle’ which he called ‘illegal.’ Trump also referenced 'Section 230' - shorthand for Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which protects social media companies from legal liability for content posted by third-party users of their platforms Dorsey responded to Trump late on Friday night, tweeting: ‘Not true and not illegal.’ He added: ‘This was pulled because we got a DMCA complaint from copyright holder’ Dorsey responded to Trump late on Friday night, tweeting: ‘Not true and not illegal.’ ‘This was pulled because we got a DMCA complaint from copyright holder,’ Dorsey tweeted. The video shared by Trump's campaign Twitter account showed images of police officers and protesters as Trump spoke in the background After a minute of such clips, the video turned to the president using the video as a reason to criticize 'radical left-wing groups' 'The memory of George Floyd is being dishonored by rioters, looters and anarchists', the president claims in the video 'The memory of George Floyd is being dishonored by rioters, looters and anarchists', the President claims in the video, who then also takes aim at 'ANTIFA' - the anti-fascism activist group, who he claims is leading the violence, as well as other 'radical left-wing groups.'