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Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>National Public Radio (NPR) has announced that it will stop using Twitter in a row over how its account is described.<\/p>\n

The US not-for-profit news organisation clashed with the social media platform over its decision to describe the outlet as “government-funded media”.<\/p>\n

NPR says it undermines its credibility, as US government funding accounts for less than 1% of its budget.<\/p>\n

Twitter owner Elon Musk has promised to change the label on the BBC’s account.<\/p>\n

In an interview with BBC News on Tuesday evening, Mr Musk said he wanted labels to be truthful and accurate, but did not refer to NPR.<\/p>\n

NPR said in a statement on Wednesday that Twitter was “taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent”.<\/p>\n

“We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public’s understanding of our editorial independence,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

The decision makes NPR the first major US news outlet to suspend its use of Twitter, despite the organisation having 8.8m followers on the platform.<\/p>\n

The outlet encouraged people to instead subscribe to its newsletters and follow NPR on other social media.<\/p>\n

On its website, NPR defines itself as “an independent, non-profit media organisation”.<\/p>\n

It operates on a mixed-funding model that it says mostly includes corporate sponsorships, fees paid by NPR member organisations and donations.<\/p>\n

It comes after the BBC disputed the same “government-funded media” label added to its @BBC account.<\/p>\n

The BBC operates through a Royal Charter agreed with the UK government, which states the corporation “must be independent”.<\/p>\n

Its public-service output is funded by UK households via a TV licence fee, as well as income from commercial operations.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Mr Musk – who bought Twitter in October – pledged that the BBC’s “government-funded media” label will be changed.<\/p>\n

“We want [the tag] as truthful and accurate as possible. We’re adjusting the label to [the BBC being] publicly funded. We’ll try to be accurate,” Mr Musk said.<\/p>\n

Twitter has not publicly defined how it determines media organisation funding or what constitutes “government-funded media”.<\/p>\n

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