Canadian Broadcaster CBC Halts Twitter Activity Over 'Government-Funded Media' Label
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Canada's public broadcaster, CBC, has announced that it will pause its activity on Twitter after the social media platform labeled its account as "government-funded media." CBC is the latest media outlet to refrain from posting on Twitter due to its policy on labeling accounts. Twitter defines such outlets as those that rely mostly on government funding to carry out operations "and may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content."
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