Australia’s national broadcaster has received the “government-funded media” label from Elon Musk’s Twitter.
The move follows a string of new designations for government-linked media outlets worldwide after the tech billionaire took over the ailing social media giant.
The new category for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will be featured just under the name of the organisation.
In response, an ABC spokesperson told The Epoch Times, “The ABC is liaising with Twitter regarding changes to account verification and labels.”
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Twitter profile. (Screenshot/The Epoch Times)
The decision by Twitter has swept up major news outlets worldwide with the label “state-affiliated media” slapped on Chinese Communist Party mouthpieces like Xinhua and CCTV, or Russian-backed outlets like RT and Sputnik News….