Twitter disables Trump tweet over copyright complaint

Twitter Inc has disabled a campaign-style video that President Donald Trump retweeted on Saturday, citing a copyright complaint.

The video -- retweeted from White House social media director Dan Scavino -- included music from the group Linkin Park, and got disappeared from the president's Twitter feed late Saturday with the notification -- "This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner."

According to a notice posted on the Lumen Database which collects requests for removal of online materials, the tweet received a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice from Machine Shop Entertainment.

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Machine Shop is a management company owned by the rock band Linkin Park, according to its LinkedIn page.

The official handle of Linkin Park also tweeted in response to Trump's tweet.

"Linkin Park did not and does not endorse Trump, nor authorize his organization to use any of our music. A cease and desist has been issued," it said.

"We respond to valid copyright complaints sent to us by a copyright owner or their authorised representatives," a Twitter representative said in an email statement.

Twitter began challenging Trump's tweets in May and has repeatedly clashed with him since. The social media company has several times disabled or commented on tweets by the president because of what it said were copyright complaints or violations of a policy against threatening violence.

Twitter removed an image the president tweeted on June 30, which included a picture of Trump, because of a complaint from the New York Times, whose photographer had shot the image.

The company also put a tweet from the president behind a warning label in late May, saying that he had violated its rules against "glorifying violence" when he advocated that Minneapolis authorities be tough in responding to protests over the death of George Floyd.