Twitter stopped using the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels for news organizations, their profiles showed on Friday. Twitter dropped the “Government-funded Media” label from the accounts of U.S.-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It also dropped the “China state-affiliated media” tag on the accounts of Xinhua…
Twitter Drops ‘Government-Funded’ Label on News Organizations’ Profiles
LIVE NOW: Fake Narratives and Government-Funded Media Exposed in Debate on Twitter Labels
April 19, 2023
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Twitter has begun placing labels on the pages of several news outlets, indicating whether they receive government funding. Outlets include NPR, BBC, and several others. And as the outlets have attempted to challenge the labels, details on the amount of state funding they receive has sparked debate online over whether this impacts the credibility of…
Fake Narratives and Government-Funded Media Exposed in Debate on Twitter Labels
April 19, 2023
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Twitter has begun placing labels on the pages of several news outlets, indicating whether they receive government funding. Outlets include NPR, BBC, and several others. And as the outlets have attempted to challenge the labels, details on the amount of state funding they receive has sparked debate online over whether this impacts the credibility of…
LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Fake Narratives and Government-Funded Media Exposed in Debate on Twitter Labels
April 19, 2023
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Twitter has begun placing labels on the pages of several news outlets, indicating whether they receive government funding. Outlets include NPR, BBC, and several others. And as the outlets have attempted to challenge the labels, details on the amount of state funding they receive has sparked debate online over whether this impacts the credibility of…
LIVE 4/19, at 10:30 AM ET: Fake Narratives and Government-Funded Media Exposed in Debate on Twitter Labels
April 18, 2023
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Twitter has begun placing labels on the pages of several news outlets, indicating whether they receive government funding. Outlets include NPR, BBC, and several others. And as the outlets have attempted to challenge the labels, details on the amount of state funding they receive has sparked debate online over whether this impacts the credibility of…
LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (April 13): ‘Government Funded’ NPR Quits Twitter Over Label; Judge Blocks Biden’s Water Rule
National Public Radio(NPR) announced it’s quitting Twitter. That’s after the social media platform labeled NPR’s main account as “state-affiliated media.” Twitter changed the label to “government-funded media,” but NPR says it’s still misleading. A federal judge has ruled on the Biden administration’s “Waters of the United States” rule. Critics call the rule government overreach. The fire…
NTD Good Morning (April 13): ‘Government Funded’ NPR Quits Twitter Over Label; Judge Blocks Biden’s Water Rule
National Public Radio(NPR) announced it’s quitting Twitter. That’s after the social media platform labeled NPR’s main account as “state-affiliated media.” Twitter changed the label to “government-funded media,” but NPR says it’s still misleading. A federal judge has ruled on the Biden administration’s “Waters of the United States” rule. Critics call the rule government overreach. The fire…
NPR Quits Twitter Amid Spat With Elon Musk Over ‘State’ Media Label
National Public Radio (NPR) left Twitter after it was labeled by the social media firm as a “state-affiliated media,” according to the public broadcaster in an article published Wednesday. However, as of Wednesday morning, NPR’s account was still online. The outlet—currently labeled as “government-funded Media”—posted several consecutive Twitter posts telling users that they can download…
Poilievre Asks Twitter to Label CBC as ‘Government-Funded Media’
Public broadcaster CBC should be labelled as “government-funded media” on Twitter, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre told the social media company in a letter. Poilievre wrote to Twitter on April 11 saying that CBC should receive a label based on its practice of identifying accounts of this type. In recent days, the British Broadcasting Corporation…
Twitter Walks Back NPR ‘State-Affiliated’ Label, Changes It to ‘Government Funded’ Following Backlash
April 10, 2023
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Twitter walked back labeling National Public Radio’s (NPR) account as “state-affiliated media” after facing public pressure. The social media platform replaced the label for NPR’s account and with the term, “government-funded media.” NPR was given on April 4 the same label as foreign state media outlets like Russian state-controlled TASS, RT, and Xinhua, the Chinese…
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