That is why we are pausing our activities on (Twitter), “ CBC tweeted on Monday. “Canadian Broadcasting Corp said they’re “less than 70% government-funded”, so we corrected the label,” Mr Musk wrote in a tweet. “Twitter’s own policy defines government-funded media as cases where the government ‘may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content,’ which is clearly not the case with CBC/Radio-Canada,” he said. “CBC/Radio-Canada is publicly funded through a parliamentary appropriation that is voted upon by all Members of Parliament. Its editorial independence is protected in law in the Broadcasting Act.”CBC says that Twitter did not give them any notice of the change it was making.

Source: CBC News April 18, 2023 13:41 UTC