The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has stopped posting from its primary Twitter account after being labeled by the platform as “government-funded media.” PBS has not posted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, when a new “government-funded” label was added to a few media outlets that receive government funding. Accounts affiliated with PBS, such…
Twitter Taps EToro to Let Users Trade in Stocks, Crypto
April 13, 2023
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Trading and investing platform eToro said on Thursday it has partnered with Elon Musk-led Twitter to let users access real-time prices of cryptocurrencies, stocks, and other assets, and to enable the trading of those instruments. The trading data will be available through Twitter’s Cashtags feature, which was launched in 2012 and allows users to interact…
PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence
April 13, 2023
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Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…
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…
Rep. Jordan Subpoenas FTC Over Twitter, Musk Investigation
April 12, 2023
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on April 12 subpoenaed Chair Lina Khan of the Federal Trade Commission, stepping up the conflict between that agency and House Republicans regarding its approach to Twitter in the Elon Musk era. The Epoch Times has reviewed the subpoena. The subpoena comes after a March 10 letter to Khan from Jordan,…
PREMIERING 4/13 at 7:30PM ET: Does Elon Musk Want to Buy Substack?—Bill Ottman on Twitter–Substack Rift and How Censorship Fuels Violence
April 12, 2023
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Why did Twitter recently appear to censor Substack content? What was revealed in the open-source algorithms that Twitter recently published? And what does a truly free and open social media look like? I sit down with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the Minds social media platform, to discuss a radical new vision for internet…
Twitter to Relabel BBC as ‘Publicly-Funded’
The BBC’s “government-funded media” Twitter tag will be relabeled after the broadcaster objected to it, according to platform owner Elon Musk. On Monday, the BBC protested Twitter’s decision to label its main account as “government-funded media.” The BBC contacted Twitter last week after the designation was attached to the main @BBC account. In an interview…
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…
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