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  • Elon Musk Says Unaware Why Twitter India Pulled Posts on BBC Documentary Critical of Modi

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    Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he did not know “what exactly happened” when Twitter took down content related to a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year, adding that some rules related to social media content were “quite strict” in India. In January, India ordered the blocking of a BBC documentary […] More

  • Twitter Labels NPR, BBC ‘Government-Funded’ After Backlash; Elon Musk Says Description May Not Be Accurate

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    Twitter has backtracked after an uproar for labelling the US radio network NPR as “state- affiliated media” and now calls it “government-funded.” Elon Musk’s social media network has also applied that new label to the BBC, which is funded predominantly by British households paying a license fee. Britain’s beloved national broadcaster has reached out to […] More