Twitter labels GOP Rep. Gosar's video of him killing AOC, attacking Biden – Axios

Twitter said Monday that Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-Ariz.) sharing of a doctored video to Twitter and Instagram showing him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and attacking President Biden with two swords violates the company’s policies.Why it matters: Dozens of social media users flagged the video, posted Sunday, as a potential violation of Twitter’s rules regarding violent threats and the glorification of violence, and other users have called for his Twitter and Instagram accounts to be suspended, the Washington Post reports.Of note: A Twitter spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the company placed a public interest notice on his tweet “as it violates our hateful conduct policy.””As is standard with this notice, engagements with the Tweet will be limited. People will be able to Quote Tweet the Tweet, but will not be able to Like, Reply or Retweet it,” the spokesperson said.State of play: The 90-second video is seemingly a photoshopped version of a popular anime video and depicts Gosar, alongside Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), fighting giant creatures with photoshopped faces of Ocasio-Cortez and Biden, per the Post.The video — shared with the caption, “Any anime fans out there?” — also shows flashing images of…
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