Twitter Drops ‘Government-Funded’ Label on News Organizations’ Profiles

The Twitter app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on July 13, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

Twitter stopped using the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels for news organizations, their profiles showed on Friday.

Twitter dropped the “Government-funded Media” label from the accounts of U.S.-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).