Public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Twitter account was labeled as ‘69% Government-funded Media’ by the social media website
A man sits inside the Canadian Broadcast Corporation broadcasting centre in Toronto May 23, 2014. REUTERS/Mark BlinchOTTAWA, April 17 - Public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Twitter account was on Monday labeled as "69% Government-funded Media" by the social media website.
The Canadian public broadcaster's Twitter handle "@CBC" was labeled as "69% Government-funded Media", CBC'sTwitter's help center page does not yet explain what this new label means. CBC did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Poilievre said on Twitter last week that he had written to Musk to request that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation be labeled "accurately".
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