“Consequently, we will be pausing our activity on our corporate Twitter account and all CBC and Radio-Canada news-related accounts.”CBC is also halting activities on Twitter for its sports, entertainment, and radio accounts. Elon Musk, who has been open in his hostility to media outlets for the past several months, responded quickly to CBC’s decision. He ordered his staff to change the label of the news outlet, which initially read, “70% Government-funded Media,” to 69%. Other outlets that have been labeled as “government-funded” include Australia’s ABC News and New Zealand public broadcaster RNZ. After NPR announced it was quitting Twitter, Musk made a series of posts including “Defund NPR” and falsely accused the organization of updating its website to remove the part that said federal funding is “essential to public radio,” adding the commentary “What hypocrites!”

Source: CBC News April 18, 2023 20:16 UTC