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(Reuters) – Public broadcasters ranging from U.S.-based National Public Radio to Canadian Broadcasting Corp have stopped posting on Twitter in recent days after the Elon Musk-owned social media platform labeled their accounts as “government-funded”.<\/p>\n

The broadcasters have said the label does not accurately capture their governance structure as there is a clear difference between those that receive public funding but are editorially independent, and those that are run by governments.<\/p>\n

Musk, meanwhile, has said Twitter’s goal is to be as “truthful and accurate as possible”.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of the broadcasters and other media outlets that have stopped using Twitter:<\/p>\n

** National Public Radio (NPR)<\/p>\n

NPR said last week it would no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds in protest against a label by the social media platform that implies government involvement in its editorial content.<\/p>\n

** Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)<\/p>\n

CBC said on Monday it would pause its use of Twitter after the platform labeled it as “69% government-funded media”.<\/p>\n

The Twitter label on the CBC account previously showed “70% government-funded media”, but was changed to the current one after the CBC asked Twitter to re-examine the designation.<\/p>\n

** Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)<\/p>\n

PBS, which has around 2.2 million followers on Twitter, halted publishing on Twitter after it was labeled as “government-funded media”, according to media reports.<\/p>\n

** Hawaii Public Radio<\/p>\n

Hawaii Public Radio, a member station of NPR, said it would stop sharing its content on Twitter after the micro-blogging site labeled NPR’s Twitter handle as “government-funded media”.<\/p>\n

NPR’s member stations pay the broadcaster a membership fee to use its programming and content.<\/p>\n

** LAist<\/p>\n

LAist, a Los Angeles-based news outlet, said it would no longer post on its Twitter accounts in support of NPR.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta, Chavi Mehta and Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)<\/p>\n

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