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Twitter hides Trump tweet on Minneapolis unrest for ‘glorifying violence’
Twitter attached a disclaimer to a tweet by President Donald Trump on the unrest in Minneapolis on Friday, saying it broke its rules on "glorifying violence", hours after the US president signed an executive order targeting the social media giant’s legal protections.
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Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Social Media Platforms: “They’ve Had Unchecked Power”
He added, “There’s no precedent in American history for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of human interaction.”
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Instagram Finally Launches Content-Monetization Features for Creators
The Facebook-owned social platform is rolling out new ways for creators to make money.
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Trump can’t block Twitter critics: Court
A federal appeals court ruled that Donald Trump cannot legally block users on Twitter based on their political differences with him, affirming a lower court decision.
Twitter Announces Plan To Label Rule-Breaking Tweets From Government Officials, Politicians And Presidents
Twitter said extreme cases – direct threats of violence or calls to commit violence against an individual – are unlikely to be considered in the public interest.
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YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
The company also said that channels that “repeatedly brush up against our hate speech policies,” but don’t violate them outright, would be removed from YouTube’s advertising program, which allows channel owners to share in the advertising revenue their videos generate.
