Twitter bans account behind doctored video shared by Trump

Twitter has permanentlysuspended the account of a right-wing online personality forviolating its copyright policy, a week after he posted adoctored video of toddlers that was then shared by United States President DonaldTrump.

The move was the second action Twitter took related toTrump's tweets within 24 hours. On Tuesday it hid a post fromTrump threatening "serious force" against protesters inWashington D.C., which Twitter said violated its policy onthreatening violence.

Twitter has repeatedly clashed with Trump since it beganchallenging his posts in May. The president has threatened tochange laws on social media after Twitter labelled one of histweets about postal voting inaccurate and hid another aboutlooting, which Twitter said fomented violence.

Last week, Twitter put a "manipulated media" designationon a tweet from Trump that showed a doctored news clip from CNN.The original clip was of a viral video showingBlack and white toddlers who were best friends. The doctoredversion added a misspelled banner flashing: "Terrified todlerruns from racist baby."

The doctored video was first posted by Carpe Donktum, anaccount known to support Trump. Twitter said early on Wednesdayit had suspended the account indefinitely for "repeatedviolations" of its policy on posting copyrighted material.

"I received a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act)takedown order this morning for that video, and a few hourslater a suspension letter," Donktum posted on Locals, another digital content platform.

Noting that Twitter did notprovide a way to get the suspended account back, "Iassume they intend this to be final and permanent," the postsaid.

Donktum's account was revoked for eight days last July, over a video depicting Trump as a cowboy attacking CNNjournalist Jim Acosta.