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(CTN NEWS) - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) stopped using Twitter on Monday after the Elon Musk-owned social media site tagged the public

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBCs account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility.

TORONTO — Allowing tech companies to apply brazen labels to the social media accounts of credible publications can harm the reputations of news outlets and mislead the public, academics say.

The hue and cry amid Twitters government funded tag saga has laid bare the hypocrisy of the US media platforms, said technologist Chris Garaffa.

OTTAWA — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Pierre Poilievre's criticisms of the CBC amount to an attack on Canadian culture by the Conservative leader — and Quebec and francophone culture, in particular.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation says it is pausing Twitter after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC’s account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility.

CBC/Radio-Canada said it is “pausing” its use of Twitter, a day after its main account was labelled “government-funded media” by the social media platform.

Replying to CBC's threats, Elon Musk tweeted, "Canadian Broadcasting Corp said they're 'less than 70% government-funded, so we corrected the label."

The CBC said it was "pausing" its activity on Twitter after Elon Musk's platform slapped the label "government-funded media" on its accounts. | TAG24

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