PBS has not tweeted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, following Elon Musk's decision to label the outlet 'government-funded news.'
PBS has not tweeted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, following Elon Musk's decision to label the outlet "PBS joins NPR, another major editorially independent outlet that receives some government funding, in halting its Twitter activity in light of the new label.: Twitter added a "government-funded" label to PBS' main Twitter account last weekend, a spokesperson confirmed."We have no plans to resume tweeting.
The label was only placed on PBS' main Twitter handle, not any of the accounts affiliated with PBS, like its local stations or individual shows.the second and third major outlets to stop tweeting since Musk bought Twitter last fall.Catch up quick: Twitter on Sunday added a new "government-funded" label to a few select media outlets that receive some funding from governments, including NPR and BBC.a "US state-affiliated media" label to NPR's main Twitter account last week, without explanation or warning, in what appeared to be a violation of the platform's previously stated policies.by NPR, Musk couldn’t provide a reason for the label on NPR's account and not others, but he said he'd look into it.
, many of those shifts have had an outsized impact on the media industry, which represents some of Twitter's most hyper-engaged users.
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