National Public Radio is quitting Twitter over the social media company's recent actions under owner Elon Musk to stamp it with labels the news organization says are meant to undermine its credibility.
SAN FRANCISCO — National Public Radio is quitting Twitter after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped NPR's main account with labels the news organization says are meant to undermine its credibility.
"We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public's understanding of our editorial independence," NPR's statement said. The company said NPR journalists, employees and member stations can decide on their own if they want to keep using the platform.
Twitter's new labels have often appeared arbitrarily assigned. It tagged NPR with the "state-affiliated" label after Musk participated in a public conversation about NPR on Twitter, and then deleted mention of NPR, but left up BBC, on a web page where it described why they should not get that label.
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