Twitter singles NPR out with misleading state-backed media label

Twitter singles NPR out with misleading state-backed media label

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https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/05/twitter-singles-npr-out-with-misleading-state-backed-media-label/

After taking over last year, Twitter’s new owner has invented policies on the fly, pushed questionable design changes and generally bent the platform to suit his whims.

In the latest installment of Elon Musk’s mercurial leadership saga, Twitter now classifies American news nonprofit NPR the same way that it handles RT, the infamous Russian state-backed mouthpiece that pushes the Kremlin’s talking points to the broader world.

Twitter singles NPR out with misleading state-backed media label

Apr 5, 2023, 8:42pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/05/twitter-singles-npr-out-with-misleading-state-backed-media-label/ > After taking over last year, Twitter’s new owner has invented policies on the fly, pushed questionable design changes and generally bent the platform to suit his whims. > In the latest installment of Elon Musk’s mercurial leadership saga, Twitter now classifies American news nonprofit NPR the same way that it handles RT, the infamous Russian state-backed mouthpiece that pushes the Kremlin’s talking points to the broader world.