Twitter removes image tweet by Trump over NYT copyright complaint


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  • Thursday, 02 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump U.S. President Donald Trump departs amid reporters asking questions after the president made an announcement about U.S. trade relations with China and Hong Kong in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc has taken down an image tweeted by the U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform, after receiving a copyright complaint from the New York Times.

The original tweet by Trump issued on June 30, showed a meme that read "In reality they're not after me they're after you I'm just in the way" with Trump's picture in the background.

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