Facebook declines to take action against Trump statements

Twitter responded to the president's post, which suggested violence against protesters, by hiding it behind a warning label

As Twitter for the second time in a single week took unprecedented action against a tweet by Donald Trump, Facebook declined to take any enforcement action against the president's statements.

Trump's threatening statement on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on Thursday night, Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts," echoed a racist 1960s police chief known for ordering patrols of black neighborhoods with shotguns and dogs. It was widely interpreted as a threat and potential incitement to violence against residents of the Twin Cities who have erupted in protest against the alleged police killing of George Floyd, a black man who begged for his life as a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.