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Here's Twitter's documentation on how they identify state-affiliated media[1]. This excerpt makes the decision seem outside of the defined process: State-aff
by S33V 3y ago
Here's Twitter's documentation on how they identify state-affiliated media[1].
This excerpt makes the decision seem outside of the defined process:
State-affiliated media is defined as outlets where the state exercises control
over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect
political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution. Accounts
belonging to state-affiliated media entities, their editors-in-chief, and/or
their prominent staff may be labeled.
State-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC
in the UK for example, are not defined as state-affiliated media for the
purposes of this policy.
[1] https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/state-affiliated https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/state-affilia...
- anigbrowl 3y agoIf you look in the article, it links to an archived copy of the same document, which included NPR alongside the BBC.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoCould the British government influence BBC stories if they really went of the rails and attacked the govt? I am not British and don't have a good feel for the BBC, though I am fairly confident NPR can do government hit stories and such.
- anigbrowl 3y agoYes, both indirectly and directly. Indirectly, in that BBC editorial policy is a regular political football, especially with conservatives. Directly (and like all other media) though a 'D notice.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSMA-Notice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSMA-Notice
- plandis 3y agoDidn’t the BBC recently take a soccer announcer off the air after he was critical of the conservative government?
- ncr100 3y agoEDIT: Removed fluff. Q: At what point is Twitter itself a source of misinformation, or disinformation? Q: At what point Could this labeling trigger reasonable legal action, around Twitter's apparent conscientious selective moderation => making Twitter "responsible" for everyone's tweets, by NPR?
- rektide 3y agoJust one example, the NPR article on NPR laying a bunch of people off has this disclosure at the end: > Disclosure: This story was reported and written by NPR Media Correspondent David Folkenflik and edited by Acting Chief Business Editor Emily Kopp. Under NPR's protocol for reporting on itself, no corporate official or news executive reviewed this story before it was posted publicly. https://www.npr.org/2023/02/22/1158710498/npr-layoffs-2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/02/22/1158710498/npr-layoffs-2023 This is a protocol specifically on "reporting on [themselves]" but it's a solid-ish example of the org not being a top-down controlled entity, and indeed, of making sure the org can report transparently on itself. NPR feels extremely not government controlled.