National Public Radio (NPR) will not put up content material to its 52 respectable Twitter feeds in protest in opposition to a label by means of the social media platform that means govt involvement in america group’s editorial content material.
NPR mentioned on Wednesday Twitter refused its repeated requests to take away the incorrect label of “state-affiliated media,” now modified to “government-funded media,” which failed to appropriately seize its public media governance construction.
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British broadcaster BBC has additionally objected to the most recent label, announcing it is deceptive.
“If we continued tweeting, every post would carry that misleading label,” NPR mentioned.
In an interview with BBC, Twitter’s billionaire proprietor Elon Musk mentioned previous on Wednesday the corporate was once looking to be “accurate” and taking a look into amending the label.
“Our goal is simply to be as truthful and accurate as possible.. We’re adjusting the label to be ‘publicly funded’ which I think is perhaps not too objectionable,” Musk mentioned.
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NPR mentioned it might stay on different social media platforms, and was once reviewing whether or not it must amplify to incorporate rising third-party platforms.
Twitter didn’t straight away reply to a Reuters request for remark.
Musk additionally mentioned within the interview that Twitter was once “roughly breaking even” as many advertisers, who had paused spending at the microblogging platform since its takeover ultimate yr, had returned.