New Zealand radio threatens to quit Twitter over ‘government’ tag

Radio New Zealand says ‘government-funded’ label does not reflect broadcaster’s editorial independence.

New Zealand’s public radio broadcaster has threatened to leave Twitter following Elon Musk’s decision to label certain media accounts as “government-funded”.

Radio New Zealand’s head of content Megan Whelan said on Monday that the label, which Twitter uses to describe outlets that “may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content”, does not…