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After DMCA complaint, Facebook removes manipulated video from president's account
Following copyright concerns from the proprietors, Facebook has deleted a fabricated video shared on President Trump 's page.
The video shows a black baby running away from a white baby, a CNN Chyron reading "terrified baby runs from a racist child." In the original Video, which went viral last year, the two babies running towards each other on the sidewalk are completely different. Carpe Donktum, a prolific trump meme creator, created the video and uploaded to both Facebook and Twitter. This video was enlarged by the president.
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The video was taken by Facebook after "a copyright claim was filed by one of the parents of the child," according to CNN. The Verge has been confirmed by a Facebook spokesperson that the rights holder has lodged a complaint. According to CNN, Facebook had more than four million views of it.
Jukin Media, a third party firm which often acquires people's rights on viral videos, said to CNN that "Nothing has been allowed by the video owner or Jukin Media to post the video to the president and we believe that his unauthorized use of the content constitutes a clear case of infringement of copyright without fair and unfair use."
"The Digital Millennium Copyright Act copyright charges were lodged against us by the rights holder of this video and the post was deleted," said Andy Stone, Facebook spokesman for the company.
According to a statement on Twitter's account, Jukin Media also filed a copyright complaint on Twitter. While Twitter calls the video "manipulated media," it is still active on the account of the President. It appears as if the "manipulated media" tag, which is typically found on deepfakes, has been first obtained by Donktum's edits.
At the time of this writing, the video was seen almost 20 million times. Whether Donktum or the president's team argues that the meme is transformative enough to exist in fair use still remains unclear.
"On behalf of the video 's creator, and in accordance with Twitter policy, we have submitted a DMCA takedown notice," says Jukin in his statement. "We do not endorse the video or the message it sends, separately. We look forward to Twitter taking rapid action to remove the video.
The Verge has reached out to Twitter for comment.
