(State) OWNED: CBC fuming after Twitter labels the broadcaster “government-funded”
Twitter updated the CBC with a ‘Government-funded media’ tag on Sunday to inform readers of potential bias from the state-broadcaster.
CBC so far evading Twitter’s government media tag
After Twitter slapped NPR with a government-funded media tag, users are calling for an update to CBC’s account.
The Chinese Communist Party threatens Elon Musk for comments on Wuhan Flu
CCP state-operated newspaper Global Times warned Twitter CEO Elon Musk not to bite the hand that feeds him after he linked the Wuhan Flu to the Wuhan lab.
Musk announces major algorithm shift towards Twitter transparency
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the platform’s algorithm would become open source next week, signalling a massive win for free speech enthusiasts.
Musk says ‘nobody wants’ the WEF
Elon Musk ramped up criticism towards the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday.
Elon’s transparency policy shows nobody reads the CBC
Twitter’s new transparency policy that shows how many people view each tweet has exposed the CBC as having laughably low view counts given its high follower count.
Twitter employees admitted Trump didn’t breach user policies before banning him
The fifth Twitter Files was released on Monday, revealing that former Republican President Donald Trump was banned by Twitter employees even as they acknowledged he hadn’t violated the social media platform’s policies.
Lawsuit alleges Twitter refused to remove explicit images of underaged sex trafficking victim
A US federal lawsuit alleges that Twitter refused to remove explicit videos of an underaged sex trafficking victim because it “didn’t find a violation” of the social media platform’s policies.
Twitter blacklisted medical experts who pushed back on Covid narrative
A second “Twitter files” exposé on Thursday revealed the social media company blacklisted a Stanford medical expert who criticized Covid restrictions.
Musk supports slapping ‘state-affiliated’ label on CBC
Twitter CEO Elon Musk says all media that receives government funding should be slapped with an affiliated warning label so readers can better calibrate the truth.