CBC announces Twitter pause after ElonMusk trolls public broadcast over 'government-funded' tag
The move came after days of back-and-forth between Musk and the CBC over the labelling of the broadcaster as “Government-funded Media.”, among others, had pushed Musk to add the label amid a similar row last week between Twitter and American public broadcaster NPR.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said, “Attacking this Canadian institution, attacking the culture and local content that is so important to so many Canadians, really indicates the values and the approach that Mr. Poilievre is putting forward.” The CBC addressed the change over the weekend, noting that Twitter’s own policy stated the “Government-funded Media” tag applied to cases where the outlet “may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content.”
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.
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