Public broadcaster National Public Radio has decided to stop using Twitter, becoming the first big US news organisation to go silent on the platform, a week after a “state-affiliated media” label was added to its account.
“NPR’s organisational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent,” chief executive John Lansing told staff on Wednesday.
Twitter’s actions “to tarnish the independence of any public media institution are exceptionally harmful and set a dangerous precedent”, he said.
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