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They have a policy that whether an account is state-sponsored news depends on editorial control. Voice of America fits that definition, while NPR doesn't. NPR
by iudqnolq 4y ago
They have a policy that whether an account is state-sponsored news depends on editorial control. Voice of America fits that definition, while NPR doesn't.
NPR was just marked as state-sponsored, VOA isn't.
I have no opinion on whether this is defamatory, but it does demonstrate that Twitter's management is arbitrary and capricious.
Edit: Twitter's term is state affiliated, not state sponsored.
- bink 4y agoTheir original policy literally used NPR as an example of something that wasn't state sponsored. They removed that from the new policy.
- iudqnolq 4y agoBut they didn't change the policy: it's still "where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution". Once again, this shows arbitrary and capricious.