'It's a lie to the American people' Democrats complain that Facebook and Twitter won't take down faked video

by Ariel Zilber — The Daily Mail
  • President Trump on Thursday posted a doctored video clip titled ‘Powerful American stories ripped to shreds by Nancy Pelosi
  • The spliced clip makes it appear as if Pelosi tore up Trump's State of the Union speech as the president paid tribute to Charles McGee


    • McGee, 100, is one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen. He was honored by the president for flying more than 135 combat missions over Europe during the Second World War.
  • The doctored clip posted by Trump has generated millions of views on the president's social media pages on Twitter and Facebook
  • Democratic members of Congress and Pelosi aides were outraged after Facebook and Twitter declined to remove the clip
    • Under its current rules, the micro-blogging site will not remove the video posted by Trump since it does not violate its old policy
      • Twitter announced on Tuesday that the site would institute new rules on manipulated media, saying: ‘You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.
      • Twitter has vowed to examine videos to see ‘whether the content has been substantially edited in a manner that fundamentally alters its composition, sequence, timing or framing’ as well as looking at ‘any visual or auditory information (such as new video frames, overdubbed audio or modified subtitles) that has been added or removed.’