"This policy will not apply to taxpayer-funded entities, including independent public broadcasters" and "This policy will apply to news media entities that are

"This policy will not apply to taxpayer-funded entities, including independent public broadcasters" and "This policy will apply to news media entities that are either financially or editorially controlled by the state" seem a bit contradictory to me: state media and taxpayer-funded entity are exactly the same! They can be independant as much as the politics allowed them to be. Most of the time, the people working there for some times know when to shut up and look elsewhere to save their own career or get a promotion... but are considered independant !!!! On the other side: how independant are journalists in a news group when the top boss is a friend of the president and helped him to get elected (true in every democracy)? No need for a direct (and obvious) control to control the press: money is enough Lastly: it only shows that Twitter is just making rules to target some specific actors (China) without naming it. But, using these rules, Twitter is "weaponizing" informations as much as China.