The father of one of the children who appears in a "manipulated" video shared by Trump forced Facebook and Twitter to delete him.

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(CNN) - Facebook and Twitter on Friday deleted a video posted on the account of President Donald Trump, which had modified a viral video of two young children, after the parents of one of them filed a copyright claim. The video had more than four million views on Facebook and more than 20 million on Twitter before being removed.

• READ: Twitter labels a video tweeted by Trump as 'manipulated'

The clip that is now removed is a crude and misleading edition of a video that went viral last year, showing a black boy and a white boy running to hug. The version posted on Trump's account made it first appear that the black boy was running away from the white boy.

Jukin Media, a company representing video creators, including the father who owns this clip, said in a statement provided to CNN Business on Friday afternoon: “Neither the owner of the video nor Jukin Media gave permission to the president to post the video, and after our review, we believe that your unauthorized use of content is a clear example of copyright infringement without fair use or other defense. ”

Jukin said in his statement that he had sent a request to Twitter to remove it. The company did not confirm whether it had sent the removal request to Facebook as well, but social media spokesman Andy Stone said: “We received a copyright claim from the copyright holder of this video under the Rights Act. Author for the Digital Millennium and we have removed the publication. "

Twitter also confirmed that it deleted the video after a copyright claim.

The video was posted on Trump's Facebook account after he tweeted it on Thursday night, the eve of Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration honoring the end of slavery in the United States.

• READ: What you should know about the day called Juneteenth and why there is so much talk about it now

Michael Cisneros, the father of one of the children in the video, said last year that he had posted the original video on social media because he thought it was a beautiful and heartfelt time to share amid racism and hatred around the world.

"The reason it's getting attention (is) because it's with a little black boy and a little white boy ... But if you can change someone's mind, you know, or just challenge their view of things, then it's worth the shame, ”said Cisneros last year.

The version of the video tweeted and published by Trump first showed a part of the viral video in which one of the boys was chasing the other, which had a false CNN graphic superimposed that said "Terrified child runs away from racist baby."

Then the rest of the video is shown, in which the two children run to hug.

In response to Trump's use of the video, Cisneros wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday night: “YOU WILL NOT TWIST THIS LOVELY AND BEAUTIFUL VIDEO TO PROMOTE YOUR HATE AGENDA !! !! !! !! ”.

CNN Business has reached out to Cisneros for comment.

The clip Trump promoted suggested that CNN would have turned the viral video around to look negative.

In fact, CNN covered the full version of the viral video in 2019. Young children and their parents also appeared on The Van Jones Show on CNN.

Twitter tagged the video Trump tweeted as "manipulated content" shortly after he posted it on Thursday night.

"This tweet has been tagged according to our artificial media policy and manipulated to give people more context," said a Twitter spokesperson.

Facebook also has a manipulated content policy. The company declined to comment on whether the video violated that policy. Facebook took no action until a copyright claim was filed.

A CNN spokesperson responded to Trump's tweet Thursday night: “CNN did cover this story, but exactly how it happened. Just as CNN has reported their positions on racial issues (and their numbers in polls). We will continue to work on the facts and invite you to do the same, instead of tweeting fake videos that exploit innocent children. Be better".

When asked about the video on Friday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said she thought it was funny.

"I think the president was making a satirical observation that was quite funny if you go and actually watch the video," McEnany said during a press conference.

Jim Acosta, CNN White House chief correspondent, noted: "It appears that he is exploiting children to make some kind of gross political emphasis."

McEnany responded by stating that Trump “was making a comment on CNN specifically. I was saying that CNN has taken it out of context regularly. ”

The video Trump tweeted included a credit to @CarpeDonktum, who regularly posts memes and parody videos supporting the President.

After Trump tweeted the video, it quickly went viral on Twitter, racking up millions of views in less than two hours.

Twitter twice marked Trump's tweets in the past month. The tags Twitter puts on flagged tweets are relatively low-key, but they have angered the president and his followers, and have even led Trump to sign a decree targeting social media companies.

• READ: Trump threatens to "regulate" and even "close" social networks after Twitter tagged his posts

In May, Twitter tagged two Trump tweets that made false claims about postal voting in California.

A few days later, Twitter called a Trump tweet glorifying violence, saying "when the looting begins, the shooting begins."

Earlier on Thursday, Facebook removed ads posted by the Trump campaign, claiming they violated its anti-hate policy. The ads, which attacked the anti-left-wing group, showed a symbol that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said was "practically identical to the one used by the Nazi regime to classify political prisoners in concentration camps."

• READ: Facebook removes ads from Trump campaign for violating anti-hate policy: had a symbol almost "identical" to the Nazi triangle

The Trump campaign defended itself by claiming that the symbol was used by antifa activists. The ADL said in response that some antifa activists have used the symbol, but it is not particularly common.

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