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Twitter Labels Trump Tweet for 'Glorifying Violence'

It's the second time this week the platform has labeled or restricted the president's tweets

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The president's tweet about violence in Minnesota threatened that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts."Getty Images
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By Scott Nover

May 29, 2020

As an uprising ravaged Minneapolis, Minn., in the aftermath of the police killing of a black man, George Floyd, the president tweeted (at 12:53 a.m.):

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Scott Nover

Scott Nover is a platforms reporter at Adweek, covering social media companies and their influence.

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