CBC halts Twitter use over government-funded media label.
TL;DR
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has announced it will pause its activities on Twitter after the social media platform labeled its account as "government-funded," which CBC says undermines its editorial independence. CBC joins other US-based media outlets, such as PBS and NPR, in quitting Twitter after Elon Musk's platform added "government-funded" and "state-affiliated media" labels to their accounts. Twitter has since dropped the "state-affiliated" label and changed it to "government-funded" after receiving widespread pushback.
- Canada’s public broadcaster quits Twitter, joining US outlets The Hill
- CBC pauses Twitter activity after being labelled 'government-funded media' CBC News
- Canada’s CBC ‘pauses’ Twitter use after government-funded media label The Guardian
- Letters to the editor: 'I see no evidence that Pierre Poilievre himself has ever been anything other than funded by government.' Twitter and CBC, plus other letters to the editor for April 16 The Globe and Mail
- Trudeau calls out Poilievre for attacking CBC while running to "American billionaires" for support Global News
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