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Twitter Drops ‘Government-Funded,’ ‘State-Affiliated’ Labels From Media Accounts

April 21, 2023 by admin

Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels, which implies government involvement in editorial content, from the accounts of various global media organizations, their profiles showed on Friday. Twitter dropped the “Government-funded Media” label from the accounts of US-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It also dropped the … Read more

NPR Quits Twitter Over ‘Government-Funded Media’ Label, Says Elon Musk-Owned Platform Undermined Credibility

April 13, 2023 by admin

US radio broadcaster NPR on Wednesday said it was quitting Twitter, in the first significant defection by a major news outlet since Elon Musk’s tumultuous takeover of the platform. The exit caps a week-long row over Twitter’s decision to label National Public Radio as a “state-affiliated media,” branding it the same way as it does … Read more

Twitter Labels NPR, BBC ‘Government-Funded’ After Backlash; Elon Musk Says Description May Not Be Accurate

April 10, 2023 by admin

Twitter has backtracked after an uproar for labelling the US radio network NPR as “state- affiliated media” and now calls it “government-funded.” Elon Musk’s social media network has also applied that new label to the BBC, which is funded predominantly by British households paying a license fee. Britain’s beloved national broadcaster has reached out to … Read more