Twitter has labelled National Public Radio as “U.S. state-affiliated media” on its main account, a move the head of the media company called “unacceptable.”
It was unclear why Twitter made the move. The label appeared on NPR’s main Twitter account on Tuesday.
Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, quoted a definition of state-affiliated media in the company’s guidelines as “outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution.”
“Seems accurate,” Musk tweeted in a reply to NPR.
NPR has asked for the label to be removed.
“NPR stands for freedom of speech and holding the
