PBS Joins NPR, Stops Tweeting because of ‘Government-Funded’ Label

The logo of the social networking website Twitter, on a smart-phone screen in Lille, northern France, on Sept. 4, 2019. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has stopped posting from its primary Twitter account after being labeled by the platform as “government-funded media.”

PBS has not posted from its main Twitter handle since April 8, when a new “government-funded” label was added to a few media outlets that receive government funding. Accounts affiliated with PBS, such as those of local PBS stations and individual programs, have not had the “government-funded” label and are putting out content as usual.