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After NPR left the platform, Twitter removed all ‘government-funded media’ labels

Useful summary of the blue check debacle. I doubt NPR, PBS, CBC, et al will return much.

After NPR left the platform, Twitter removed all ‘government-funded media’ labels

Per ‘Walter Isaacson’s suggestion.’ Twitter has removed labels describing certain media outlets as “government funded” or “state affiliated,” after falsely implying they were government propaganda machines.

Twitter gives dril a spite checkmark

If you can’t beat ’em verify ’em. The latest speed bump in the rollout of Twitter’s revamped verification policy under new owner Elon Musk is here: Spite checkmarks. Twitter is capriciously awarding unwanted blue verification badges to the most prominent critics of those very badges.
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Posted on: April 23, 2023, 6:41 am Category: Uncategorized

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