Twitter, Facebook, Instagram Compact Block Donald Trump Campaign Videos

Presiden AS Donald Trump (Instagram @realdonaldtrump)

JAKARTA - It seems that the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump does not really understand copyright matters on social media timelines. Because Trump's campaign video uploads were complained of by many parties regarding copyright infringement on the content.

Not only Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are compact to lower the Trump campaign video content on their platforms. This is due to complaints from the owners of the video copyright regarding the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, as summarized by VOI from The Verge, Monday, June 8.

Trump certainly objected to the removal of the campaign video entitled 'Healing Not Hatred' which dedicated his tribute to George Floyd. The four-minute video was uploaded by the Trump campaign team.

Not true and not illegal. This was pulled because we got a DMCA complaint from the copyright holder. https://t.co/RAsaYng71a

- jack (@jack) June 6, 2020

Likewise with Facebook and Instagram which also received similar complaints from the DMCA. The two social media networks owned by Mark Zuckerberg deleted the entire campaign video content uploaded by the Trump campaign team.

"Organizations using original art shared on Instagram are expected to have the right to do so," said the social media group's spokesman.

Meanwhile, YouTube did not remove the campaign video from its platform, they argued that the content from it did not contain content that violated copyright. Now Trump's campaign videos on YouTube have nearly half a million views.

Some time ago, NASA and a number of veteran astronaut families protested against the use of video content in Trump's campaign team. A video, entitled "Make Space Great Again," has also been taken down on YouTube channels and social media.

"As a government agency, NASA will not promote or endorse any commercial products, services, or activities. Astronauts or employees currently employed by NASA may not have the names, likenesses or other personality traits featured in any advertising or marketing materials," said NASA.