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Elon Musk labels BBC Twitter handle as 'government-funded media' BBC has released a post rejecting Twitter's new label and claims to be in talks with the Musk-owned company about the issue British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been tagged as 'government funded media'  on its official Twitter handle. Elon Musk has started labeling various media outlets including the American Broadcaster NPR with the same label and RT has been labeled with the tag 'Russia state-affiliated media'. BBC has released a post rejecting Twitter's new label and claims to be in talks with the Musk-owned company about the issue. NPR was earlier labeled as 'state-affiliated media' which was later converted to 'government funded media'. NPR has vowed to stop tweeting till Twitter fixes the label.  In a statement BBC said, "The BBC is, and always has been, independent. We are funded by the British public through the licence fee." BBC claims that viewers need to pay £159 annual licence fee - which is required by law to watch live TV broadcasts or live streaming in the UK. This amount, BBC claims is set by the government, but paid for by individual UK households. BBC's other Twitter handles with even more subscribers don't have the

Twitter and its billionaire owner, Elon Musk, have backed off a controversial description of NPR as “state-affiliated media,” relabeling the news organization’s social media account as “government funded.”The change, quietly made by the San Francisco-based company late Saturday, follows complaints from NPR and others that Twitter’s designation of NPR’s account as “state-affiliated” last week was an effort by Musk to disparage the Washington-based news organization. The state-affiliated label has traditionally been used by Twitter to describe government-run propaganda outlets, such as Russia’s Sputnik and RT and the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Daily.In addition to its unsavory connotation, the label appears to have been inconsistently applied. Several news organizations that receive government funding, as NPR does, have not been so labeled by Twitter.NPR chief executive John Lansing formally protested the designation, saying NPR’s news operations are overseen by independent journalists and not by government officials. In response to Twitter’s unilateral decision to add the description, NPR declined to tweet and changed its Twitter bio to say that it was an “independent” news organization.NPR didn’t respond to a request for comment Sunday. Twitter responded to an email seeking comment with a poop emoji, its automated response to all press inquiries.The “government funded”

Twitter users began noticing Substack links were being suppressed beginning Thursday evening.  Musk denied the links were "blocked" but said he believed that Substack was "unsafe." Substack CEO Chris Best pushed back on Musk's assertions Saturday evening. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Over the past few days, a war between subscription-based blogging website Substack and microblogging platform Twitter has been brewing — with the CEOs of both platforms publicly responding to the controversy. Following the news that Twitter began suppressing links to Substack on its platform, CEO Chris Best responded to Twitter owner Elon Musk calling the situation "very frustrating" and denounced some of the claims that Musk made about the company.One of these claims is that Substack was trying to "download a massive portion of the Twitter database," Musk wrote on Twitter Saturday, to help support its recently announced Twitter competitor, Substack Notes. Twitter previously suppressed links in December to competing social media platform Mastodon. As of Saturday evening, the warning labels had disappeared, but searches were still being redirected, Insider found."We're glad to see that the suppression of Substack publications on Twitter appears to be

Jorge Masvidal said a loss at UFC 287 against Gilbert Burns would probably mean the end of his career. After a tough match that saw “Gamebred” get controlled on the ground and outstruck on the feet for a decision loss, he followed through on that threat and hung up his gloves. The Masvidal we saw in Miami on Saturday night looked slower and less dynamic than the 2019 version that rocketed to super-stardom. And when you’re facing off against the best in the UFC welterweight division, even a slight decline in skills is enough to end your days as a contender. After 15 minutes with “Durinho,” Masvidal seemed to understand this intimately. So with that in mind, after a pro career spanning 20 years, he called an end to his fighting career. There’s a lot of honor to Jorge’s decision to call it quits. He could have easily stuck around for a few more big paydays. Even without the prospect of another title fight, there was a gimme fight against Kevin Holland there for the taking. And there’d be no one better to launch Conor McGregor into welterweight contention than the King of Miami. But instead of wringing every last

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ILLUSTRATION: PRESTON JESSEEBy Tim HigginsApril 8, 2023 5:30 am ETAs Elon Musk sees it, he is now in competition with the news business. In recent days, Mr. Musk jabbed on Twitter at the New York Times and National Public Radio and weighed in on the accuracy of certain news outlets. And Twitter began limiting how Substack Inc. integrates with the social-media company after the digital-newsletter platform announced it was preparing a social-media rival. What's NewsU.S. Faces Challenge in Striking Prisoner Exchange Deals for Americans Held in Russia1 hour agoAbortion-Pill Approval Suspended by U.S. Judge11 hours agoMore Workers Take Parental Leave as States, Employers Expand Eligibility5 hours agoCopyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Continue reading your article witha WSJ subscriptionSubscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign InSponsored OffersMichael Kors: Michael Kors promo code First Order: sign up for KORSVIP + Get 10% offJCPenney: Easter Home Sale: Up To 30% Off | JCPenney CouponTarget: Target Promo Code: 20% off Entire OrderT.J. Maxx: 10% Off TJ Maxx Coupon - Rewards Credit CardBest Buy: Deal of the Day! Claim as much as 50% Off - Best Buy CouponMacy's: Macy's coupon - Sign up to get 25% off next order

Jeopardy! champion Brian Henegar quits Twitter after slamming 'jerks' who likened his looks to those of HITLERA Tennessee man who became Jeopardy! champion this week went viral Brian Henegar, who has won nearly $50,000 this week, was compared to Hitler He responded first by quitting Twitter, only to return, then to promise to donate to the ADL and grow out his moustache By Paul Farrell For Dailymail.Com Published: 19:58 EDT, 6 April 2023 | Updated: 20:04 EDT, 6 April 2023 Jeopardy! champion Brian Henegar announced on Tuesday that he was bowing to Twitter trolls and quitting the social media site after numerous users compared him to Adolf Hitler. Henegar, a native of LaFollette, Tennessee, referred to users who likened him to the Nazi dictator as a 'bunch of jerks' who were ruining his celebrations. 'Right now I’m feeling every emotion under the sun reliving my Jeopardy! appearance. And I’m seeing what a bunch of Jerks on Twitter are doing because all they can focus on my looks… So I’m going to be leaving Twitter for a while, see you soon,' he wrote. So far this week, Henegar has collected nearly $50,000 in prize money, beginning his winning streak on Monday by defeating Crystal Zhao and Amanda Bain

Last Friday afternoon, Twitter posted the source code of its recommendation algorithm to GitHub. Twitter said it was “open sourcing” its algorithm, something I would typically be in favor of. Recommendation algorithms and open source code are major focuses of my work as a researcher and advocate for corporate accountability in the tech industry. My research has demonstrated why and how companies like YouTube should be more transparent about the inner workings of their recommendation algorithms—and I’ve run campaigns pressuring them to do so. Mozilla, the nonprofit where I am a senior fellow, famously open-sourced the Netscape browser code and invited a community of developers around the world to contribute to it in 1998, and it has continued to push for an open internet since. So why aren’t I impressed or excited by Musk’s decision? If anything, Twitter’s so-called “open sourcing” is a clever red herring to distract from its recent moves away from transparency. Just weeks ago, Twitter quietly announced it was shutting down the free version of its API, a tool that researchers around the world have relied on for years to conduct research into harmful content, disinformation, public health, election monitoring, political behavior, and more. The tool it is being replaced with

Twitter is rolling out additional features for Blue subscribers including showing 50% of ads in their timeline compared to non-paid users and a visibility boost in search. Elon Musk had long promised that Twitter Blue subscribers would get a feature to see fewer sponsored tweets. Now, the company has finally implemented the feature, and will be applicable to the “Following” and “For You” timelines. “As you scroll, you will see approximately twice as many organic or non-promoted Tweets placed in between promoted Tweets or ads. There may be times when there are more or fewer non-promoted Tweets between promoted Tweets,” Twitter’s description of the feature says. The social network specified that this feature doesn’t apply to ads shown on the profile or in replies, promoted accounts and trends, and promoted events on the Explore page. Twitter also said that the half-ads feature will be applicable only once a subscriber’s profile has been reviewed and gets the verification mark. While Twitter is claiming to reduce ads on paid subscribers’ feeds, it is hard to prove if they are actually seeing fewer ads apart from anecdotal experiences. Last year, Musk also said that Twitter was exploring introducing a costlier paid tier with

Twitter added a "US state-affiliated media" label to NPR's account on Tuesday. The description is usually reserved for outlets like Russia Today and Xinhua in China. A page on Twitter's Help Center removed a previous mention of NPR as an example of outlets "not defined as state-affiliated media." Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Twitter has added a "US state-affiliated media" label on NPR's Twitter account, a description usually reserved for accounts like Russia Today, which is funded and run by the Russian government, and China's Xinhua News Agency, the official state news agency of the Chinese government.According to Twitter's Help Center, the label is for media outlets whose editorial content is controlled by the state "through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution."NPR was previously mentioned alongside the BBC in the UK as an example of state-financed media organizations that do have editorial independence, and therefore would not be defined "as state-affiliated media for the purposes of this policy," as shown on Wayback Machine.However, Twitter has since scrubbed the mention of NPR on that Help Center page. The mention