Twitter removes lifted jokes over copyright infringment claims

Users left unamused as social media company replaces content subject to takedown notices with 'tweet withheld' messages, allowing 10 days to appeal

Twitter has begun to honour takedown requests from users complaining their jokes have been lifted wholesale and shared by others, passing them off as their own.

Certain tweets have begun to be replaced with copyright notices and a message saying "tweet withheld". The blocked tweets offer users the chance to "learn more" via a link to Twitter's policy on DMCA takedown notices.