While Twitter hid president’s outbursts as protest erupted across US, Facebook took no action. Guardian’s Alex Hern looks at what happened next
The killing of George Floyd at the hands of a US police department outraged the country and prompted protest movements across the US and then the world. As Donald Trump witnessed scenes of disorder, he did what he often does: fired off some comments on Twitter, which were cross-posted to Facebook. After condemning protesters he signed off with an ominous threat “when the looting starts, the shooting starts”.
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