Elon Musk Deletes All Labels for Media Outlets on Twitter


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After making a huge deal about sticking labels on the likes of NPR and the BBC in the name of transparency, Twitter CEO Elon Musk has decided labeling media outlets’ Twitter accounts wasn’t so important, after all, even removing them from known propaganda outlets like Russia Today. Musk told NPR reporter Bobby Allyn on Friday that Twitter had dropped all labels from media outlets on the platform. As of this morning, NPR, the BBC, Voice of America, and PBS, among others, had no labels. Musk started labeling media outlets, most notably calling NPR “state-affiliated” at the beginning of April, seemingly...