BBC objects to Twitter’s move to label it as ‘government-funded media’

BBC on Monday objected to Twitter’s move to label the broadcaster as a “government-funded media” on the micro-blogging platform. BBC said it has been engaging with Elon Musk-owned Twitter to “resolve this issue as soon as possible.”

According to the Twitter help website, the definition of “government-funded media” are those “outlets where the state exercises control over editorial content through financial resources, direct or indirect political pressures, and/or control over production and distribution,” and “state-affiliated media accounts.”

As of now, only the main BCC account is labelled as govt-funded media while the subsidiaries such as BBC News (World) and BBC News,