Musk admits BBC ‘among least biased’ in row over Twitter ‘government-funded media’ tag

Designation added by Twitter to @BBC account is at odds with corporation’s public funding model and constitutional independence

Elon Musk has described the BBC as “among the least biased” media organisations after the broadcaster objected to being labelled as “government-funded media” on Twitter.

The BBC contacted Twitter after the designation was attached to the main @BBC account. The label links through to a page on Twitter’s help centre that says “state-affiliated media” are outlets where the government “exercises control over editorial content” in various ways.

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