Elon Musk has removed the government-funded label from Twitter on all accounts related to traditional publications and digital news outlets.
Twitter has taken another major decision after removing the blue tick from the accounts of journalists, government, media organizations and actors. Elon Musk has removed the government-funded media label from Twitter on all accounts related to traditional publications and digital news outlets . According to the report, Twitter has also removed its web page of the government funded label . The micro-blogging platform had earlier placed the publicly funded label on the BBC account and applied the government funded label to US-based NPR.
Government funded label
As reported by The Verge, Twitter later blocked the accounts of global news outlets such as Australia Broadcasting Company (ABC Australia), Australia's Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), New Zealand's Public Broadcasting RNZ, Sweden's SR Ecot and SVT, and Catalonia's TV3. But government funded media labels were attached.
Government funded label removed
According to ABC News, it is a publicly funded broadcaster. He said that for more than 90 years, ABC has always been a free media organization free from political and commercial interest. According to SBS, the label may lead Twitter users to believe that the outlet is editorially controlled by the government.
These organizations left Twitter
NPR decided to leave Twitter after Twitter was labeled as government funded media After NPR, Public Broadcasting Service (PYC) also left Twitter after being labeled government funded media.
Now blue check will not be available for free
Meanwhile, Twitter has removed blue ticks from the accounts of several high-profile users. Twitter had about 300,000 verified users under the original blue-check system. Many of them were journalists, athletes and public figures. The check meant that Twitter has verified the account it said it was about.
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