CarpeDonktum, the author of so many memes, has been permanently banned by Twitter for copyright infringement:
DAILY BEAST – Twitter permanently suspended prominent pro-Trump meme-maker Logan Cook, who goes by the internet handle “CarpeDonktum,” on Tuesday afternoon, citing copyright violations. Cook had amassed more than 270,000 Twitter followers, several Trump tweets, and even visits to the White House based on the popularity his meme videos had gained on the right. Cook’s videos often featured the faces of Trump and his political enemies edited into scenes from popular movies. His meme videos earned him a meeting with Trump last year, as well as an appearance at the White House’s Social Media Summit, a gathering of pro-Trump internet activists.
Last Thursday, Twitter added a “manipulated media” warning to a Cook video Trump had posted. Now that clash between Cook and Twitter has escalated into a permanent ban. “Per our copyright policy, we respond to valid copyright complaints sent to us by a copyright owner or their authorized representatives,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. “The account was permanently suspended for repeated violations of this policy.” In a video posted online after his suspension, Cook confirmed he had been suspended over a copyright violation.
This is all over the video that Trump retweeted last Friday that the media lost their mind over, the joke video about CNN and the fake news kids.
The parents of one of the kids, or both, filed copyright claims and that’s what set this in motion. Apparently they didn’t have any problem with the video going viral until CarpeDonktum and Trump got a hold of it.
Here’s a video from CarpeDonktum, otherwise known as Logan Cook, talking about what happened:
In recent weeks, Twitter has ramped up their attacks on Trump supporters.
Accounts are getting unverified.
Tweets are being suppressed.@realDonaldTrump is getting warnings put on his posts.
And yes, they're banning Trump supporters like @CarpeDonktum. https://t.co/jTOO6shiKH
— JD Rucker (@JDRucker) June 23, 2020
What is so upsetting about this is that, as far as I know, Cook wasn’t making money on these videos using Twitter. He just created them and put them out there for everyone to enjoy. And this was a video that went viral last year.
Whether true or not, this appears to be another example of left-wing Twitter using whatever excuse it can to censor Trump supporters.