Twitter removes 'government-funded' labels from media accounts.
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Twitter has removed its "state-affiliated" and "government-funded" labels for media outlets, including China's Xinhua, Russia's RT, and publicly funded Western outlets such as NPR, the BBC, and Canada's CBC. The changes were not announced, and a Twitter page outlining the platform's policies on state-backed media appears to have been deleted. The move follows controversy over Twitter's labelling of state-run and state-funded media accounts under Elon Musk's ownership, with NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service announcing they would no longer post on the site in protest.
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