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Twitter has dropped "government-funded media" from accounts including NPR and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

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NPR and public broadcasters in Canada, Australia and New Zealand had criticized the label as misleading. The CBC and NPR have suspended the use of their Twitter accounts in protest.

Twitter removed the "government-funded media" tag on public broadcasters including the CBC Thursday without any explanation.

The CBC is leaving its Twitter accounts inactive as it evaluates the social media platform's decision to remove the "government-funded media" tag on its accounts.

CBC spokesperson Leon Mar says the public broadcaster is "reviewing this latest development" and will leave its Twitter accounts "on pause"

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 21 ...

Twitter removed the "government-funded media" tag on public broadcasters, including the CBC, on Thursday without any explanation.

NPR loses controversial tag, but state-controlled outlets had labels removed, too.