Twitter drops 'government-funded media' tag on NPR, other media accounts

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Twitter dropped the 'Government-funded Media' tag, which implies government involvement in editorial content, on some accounts like National Public Radio and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Twitter app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Besides NPR and CBC, the tag, labeled 'state-affiliated media' earlier, was also absent from the British Broadcasting Corp's Twitter account.

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