CBC ‘pausing’ Twitter after ‘government-funded media’ label

Twitter labelled CBC/Radio-Canada “government-funded media” — the same label that prompted National Public Radio in the U.S. to similarly quit Twitter last Wednesday. “Consequently, we will be pausing our activity on our corporate Twitter account and all CBC and Radio-Canada news-related accounts,” the statement said. CBC has sent a letter to Twitter asking the company to re-examine the designation. Opposition Conservative Party of Canada Pierre Poilievre had urged Twitter to label CBC. Twitter later changed the label to “government-funded media,” but to NPR — which relies on the government for a tiny fraction of its funding — it’s still misleading.