Twitter Disables Donald Trump Campaign Video Tweet Citing Copyright Infringement For Linkin Park Music

Twitter disabled a video retweeted by President Donald Trump on Saturday due to a copyright complaint over the music it featured. The video, originally posted by White House social media director Dan Scavino, was a campaign ad featuring the song “In the End” from the band Linkin Park, who filed the complaint through their label, Machine Shop Records.

“Linkin Park did not and does not endorse Trump, nor authorize his organization to use any of our music,” the band tweeted on Saturday. “A cease and desist has been issued.”

“Per our copyright policy, we respond to valid copyright complaints sent to us by copyright owner or their authorized representative,” Twitter said in a statement to The Verge.

The Trump administration has faced consistent pushback from bands and artists over the use of their songs at his rallies and in his campaign marketing. In the past, acts like Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Neil Young, Panic! At the Disco, and the Rolling Stones have warned Trump to stop using their songs.

In 2017, Chester Bennington, the late frontman for Linkin Park, had harsh words for Trump in a tweet posted shortly after his inauguration.

“I repeat..... Trump is a greater threat to the USA than terrorism!!” Bennington tweeted. “We have to take back our voices and stand for what we believe in.”

After years of inaction over Trump's various tweets that included misinformation and provocations, Twitter has pushed back in recent months amid public outcry. In late May, Twitter branded one of Trump’s tweets for “glorifying violence” against Minneapolis protestors. A video shared by Trump was also branded as misleading for editing a clip of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.