Canada's public broadcaster CBC and its French-language arm Radio-Canada are returning to Twitter after the social media platform removed the "government-funded media" labelCanada's public broadcaster CBC and its French-language arm Radio-Canada said Tuesday that they were returning to Twitter after the social media site removed a "government-funded media" label. The outlets had paused posting on Twitter on April 17 because of the tag which they said unfairly questioned their editorial independence. Luce Julien, executive director of Radio-Canada, said it and the CBC would now resume posting on certain Twitter accounts because it is essential to provide credible information to the public. "We owe it to ourselves as a public media company to be active there and to continue to disseminate verified information." Julien also said Radio-Canada will not pay to receive a blue verification tick from Twitter, saying the checkmarks are no longer a guarantee of credibility.

Source: CBC News May 09, 2023 19:03 UTC