Twitter removes Trump meme over copyright complaint from New York Times

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Twitter is doubling down on its social media feud with President Trump by removing a photograph he posted, claiming it violated the company’s copyright policy.

Late Tuesday, the social media giant removed a picture in a tweet sent by the president that read, “In reality they’re not after me, they’re after you. I’m just in the way.” Spokespeople from the New York Times and Twitter confirmed the tweet in question was removed because of a Digital Millennium Copyright Act complaint.

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