SOURCE: BBC NEWS
Many high-profile Twitter media accounts have lost their labels describing their affiliations or funding models, following major changes on the social media platform.
On Friday, several media outlets that previously had tags such as “government funded” no longer displayed them.
The BBC, Russia’s RT and NPR in the US are among the accounts affected.
It follows a row between Twitter and several media outlets over how their accounts are described.
The BBC also complained last week after it was given a “government funded” instead of “publicly funded” media label.
But on Friday the “publicly funded” label also disappeared from the BBC’s Twitter profile.
And labels indicating the origins of the funding behind major organisations like China’s official Xinhua news agency or RT from Russia have also been removed.
They were originally introduced to highlight which accounts were linked to state media or government officials, especially from China and Russia.
Other changes have taken place on the social media platform overnight.
Twitter users who don’t pay a monthly subscription have now lost their blue tick verification mark – including Beyoncé, Donald Trump and Cristiano Ronaldo.
