Clash between Twitter and the BBC, the platform accuses the media: Government funded
The Twitter platform has accused the international media, the BBC, of being a ‘government-funded organisation’.
The BBC has hit back by saying: Britain’s national broadcaster is funded mainly by British households through a license fee, which is also required to watch non-BBC channels or live services. This is supplemented by income from trading operations.
The @BBC account – which has 2.2 million followers – is currently branded as government-funded. The tag has not been given to other BBC accounts, including BBC News (World) and BBC Breaking News.
“We are talking to Twitter to resolve this issue as soon as possible. The BBC is and always has been independent. We are funded by the British public through the license fee,” the BBC said in an interview with CNN.
Twitter initially designated the US broadcaster as “state-linked media”, putting it on par with Russian propaganda network RT and China’s Xinhua News Agency.
