'When the Tide Pod challenge began we said we would take down any such videos brought to our attention out of concern for people's safety, which is why we've removed this video from our platform,' a Facebook spokesman said.House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Friday that Speaker Nancy Pelosi should steer clear of negotiations on curtailing congressional stock trading because her day-trading spouse clouds her trustworthiness. The altered video made it appear that Pelosi was eating Tide Pods, and Facebook has a policy against that. The Trump campaign referred that question to the White House, and spokespeople there did not respond to a request for comment.Īs all of that was happening, Pelosi's office was fighting to get Facebook to remove a second video of Nancy Pelosi that the speaker's office also complained about: This one a deceptively edited video of Pelosi appearing on The Colbert Report in a comedy segment. It wasn't immediately clear who actually produced the video in question. In less than 24 hours, Murtaugh said, the video has received 2.1 million views, has reached almost 5 million people and has been shared more than 23,000 times.

'If Nancy Pelosi fears images of her ripping up the speech, perhaps she shouldn't have ripped up the speech,' said Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh.

Asked if the Trump video would violate Twitter's policies if it is posted again after March 5, Twitter spokeswoman Katie Rosborough wrote in an email: 'I can't get into hypotheticals.'Ī Trump campaign spokesman said the president's reelection effort is unconcerned about Pelosi's reaction to the video. To determine that, Twitter said it would examine videos to ascertain '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.'īut that policy doesn't go into effect until March 5, and Twitter told Pelosi's office that it will not remove the Trump video under its current rules. In addition, we may label Tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand the media's authenticity and to provide additional context.' The company imposed a new rule on its users: 'You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. Twitter, for its part, has a new set of policies around manipulated media that the company announced Tuesday. 'I think they have a history here of promoting and making money off of content that is intentionally false,' Hammill said. Stone said the company's policies against altered video specifically refer to video that has been edited to make it appear a person said something they didn't say or did something they didn't do.įacebook's response left Pelosi's Hammill frustrated.

In the end, both Facebook and Twitter declined to remove the Trump campaign post, citing corporate policies.įacebook's Stone told CNBC, 'I can confirm for you that the video doesn't violate our policies.' Hammill fired back: 'What planet are you living on? This is deceptively altered. The dispute became public Friday when Pelosi's deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, posted a link to a criticism of the video Friday afternoon, writing 'The latest fake video of Speaker Pelosi is deliberately designed to mislead and lie to the American people, and every day that these platforms refuse to take it down is another reminder that they care more about their shareholders' interests than the public's interests.'Īndy Stone, a Facebook spokesman, replied to Hammill on Twitter: 'Sorry, are you suggesting the President didn't make those remarks and the Speaker didn't rip the speech?' Within hours, the speaker's office was demanding both social media companies remove the video, arguing it was unfair to Pelosi, who actually stood and applauded the airman during the speech.īoth Facebook and Twitter decided against removing the Trump video, although the companies cited different reasons for their decisions. Thursday to his more than 72 million followers. Trump tweeted the video from his Twitter account just before 6 p.m. The video, labeled 'Powerful American stories ripped to shreds by Nancy Pelosi,' was posted on both Facebook and Twitter.

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