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NPR announced Wednesday it will no longer post content on Twitter, after the social media company led by Elon Musk last week applied a label on NPRs account reading State-affiliated media a designation that was previously reserved for outlets controlled by governments in authoritarian countries.

The platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent, NPR said in a statement. We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the publics understanding of our editorial independence.

Over the weekend, the social media platform updated the label on NPRs main Twitter account to Government-funded media, a term that again doesnt accurately reflect the nonprofit media organizations funding.

Twitter defines government-funded media as outlets where the government provides some or all of the outlets funding and may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content.

NPR receives slightly less than 1% of its annual operating budget from the U.S. government, and is editorially independent.

NPR is now prompting its followers to keep up with its content by subscribing to its newsletters and app, or simply by following it on other social media platforms.

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NPR CEO John Lansing said he has lost faith in the decision-making at Twitter, and clarified that the company would not immediately return to the platform even if Musk chose to remove the label altogether.

I would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again, Lansing told NPR in an interview .

The BBC, which is funded by a license fee paid for by the British public, also has the Government-funded media tag displayed on its main Twitter account. In an interview with the network Tuesday , Musk said he would update the labels for both the NPR and BBC accounts to Publicly funded.

Were trying to be accurate, Musk said.

The change has yet to take effect.

Musks takeover of Twitter has been chaotic and marred by various controversies involving news organizations. Musk on Sunday removed the verification badge of The New York Times after being told the outlet doesnt plan to pay a monthly subscription fee. He said the newspaper shares propaganda.

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