Twitter Labels NPR 'State-Affiliated Media,' Edits Policy Page – Business Insider

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
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