Twitter to begin labeling ‘state-affiliated media accounts’

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Twitter will begin identifying government-run media outlets for users on the platform.

The social media giant announced in a blog post on Thursday that it would begin to label publications “where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution” because they can use their coverage “as a means to advance a political agenda.”

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