The move is likely to reignite tensions between Mr. Trump and the social media service, which the president uses multiple times a day to broadcast messages to his more than 82 million followers. The actions provoked Mr. Trump, who last month signed an executive order designed to chip away at legal protections for Twitter and other internet companies that shield them from liability for what their users post. The back-and-forth has fueled a debate about the responsibilities that social media companies have for what is posted on their sites. Facebook has also been under pressure to remove some of Mr. Trump’s posts but has said that it will not do so because it is not an arbiter of speech. Mr. Trump also shared the altered video of the two toddlers on his Facebook page on Thursday.

Source: New York Times June 19, 2020 00:35 UTC