Twitter ‘state-affiliated’ label raises questions for public broadcasters

April 14, 2023 9:26

Twitter running afoul of public and non-profit broadcasters like NPR in the US and the BBC over its ‘state-affiliated media’ label has raised questions about Australia’s own public broadcasters.

NPR yesterday announced it would suspend its use of Twitter over the social media platform’s decision to label the network as “state-affiliated media”.

The nonprofit was the first major news organisation to go silent on the platform, saying it will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, according to NPR’s own report.

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Nico Arboleda

Nico Arboleda was a contract reporter at Mumbrella, covering adtech and martech. He left Mumbrella in June 2023.

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