Twitter is labeling some of the tweets coming out of protests as "state-affiliated media." Some users are saying this
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Twitter has labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site, a move some worried Wednesday could undermine public confidence in the news organization.
Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that it is applying a new label to NPR as part of its efforts to “identify and surface official government accounts,” which it said are more likely to be trustworthy.
Twitter said it has also updated its rules to prohibit “promotion or amplification of state-affiliated media content from your account.”
NPR said in a statement that the label “is not a judgement about the quality of NPR’s journalism, but rather a recognition of the important work that state-affiliated media do in their own countries.”
Twitter has long been criticized for not doing enough to prevent the spread of misinformation and propaganda on its platform.