The speaker’s office demanded that Facebook remove the video posted online by President Donald Trump, which was edited to make it appear like she ripped the speech even as Trump saluted a Tuskegee airman in the audience.
The altered video, titled "Powerful American stories ripped to shreds by Nancy Pelosi", makes it appear as though Pelosi tore up the speech just as the president was introducing 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.
But real-life, unedited footage from Trump’s address on Tuesday shows Pelosi standing and applauding McGee.
Facebook and Twitter in response, both declined to remove the video, citing different reasons.
Andy Stone, a Facebook spokesman said “I can confirm for you that the video doesn’t violate our policies.”
Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, Drew Hammill, then 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.”
Twitter in response to Hammill said: “Sorry, are you suggesting the President didn’t make those remarks and the Speaker didn’t rip the speech?”
Hammill fired back: “What planet are you living on? This is deceptively altered. Take it down.”
Twitter, this week announced a new set of rules for its users, but will only take effect from March 5.
“You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label Tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand the media’s authenticity and to provide additional context.”.. Twitter announced.
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