Facebook and Twitter have refused to take down a video posted by President Donald Trump that was edited to make it appear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up his speech when the president was saluting a Tuskegee airman during the State of the Union rather than at the end of his address.
Pelosi's office had demanded the video, titled “Powerful American stories ripped to shreds by Nancy Pelosi,” be removed from both platforms. Trump tweeted the video Thursday evening to his more than 72 million followers.
The spat became public Friday when Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill tweeted: “The latest fake video of Speaker Pelosi is deliberately designed to mislead and lie to the American people, and every day that these platforms refuse to take it down is another reminder that they care more about their shareholders’ interests than the public’s interests.”
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“The American people know that the president has no qualms about lying to them – but it is a shame to see Twitter and Facebook, sources of news for millions, do the same," he continued.
Facebook said the Trump video does not violate its policy on manipulated video. Twitter said the video does not violate its current rules. New rules on altered videos are slated to take effect on March 5.
The video had been viewed 2.1 million times in less than 24 hours, reaching nearly 5 million people, Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said.
“If Nancy Pelosi fears images of her ripping up the speech, perhaps she shouldn’t have ripped up the speech,” he told USA TODAY.
Video clips deceptively altered to discredit or embarrass political figures or to mislead voters are a growing problem on social media platforms, which are increasingly playing a central role in American political life. This new wave of dirty political tricks is raising broad concerns about the role of digital manipulation in swaying voter sentiment in U.S. elections.
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