Canadian State Media Pauses Twitter Activity After Accurately Being Labeled State Media
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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 said it was “pausing” its Twitter use after the platform designated the organization as “government-funded media."
Twitter labelled CBC/Radio-Canada “government-funded media” — the same label that prompted National Public Radio in the U.S. to similarly quit Twitter.
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.