NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as ‘state-affiliated media’

Photo caption: NPR announced it would cease posting to Twitter after the social media platform labeled the nonprofit “Government-funded Media.” Photo credit: Charles Dharapak / AP. Article by David Folkenflik. NPR – updated April 12, 2023.

NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent on the social media platform. In explaining its decision, NPR cited Twitter’s decision to first label the network “state-affiliated media,” the same term it uses for propaganda outlets in Russia, China and other autocratic countries. […]

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