Elon Musk distinguished himself once again with a tweet on Tuesday, February 6. The owner of the blue bird social network responded to a tweet from a netizen who relayed the information that CNN teams had told their journalists not to broadcast the theory put forward by the FBI according to which Covid-19 allegedly leaked. from a Chinese lab why it was a ‘Trump talking point’
The netizen asked Elon Musk when Twitter was going to label the CNN account with the label “State-affiliated media”, like various Russian or Chinese media (RT, Sputnik, etc.). The Tesla owner responded: “Good point. If an organization claims to be balanced, but is not, it should be labeled to inform the public.”
Restrict political influence campaigns
Two years ago. Twitter announced the appearance on the social network of the label “Media affiliated with a state”, a visible label on the profile and tweets of media controlled financially and editorially by a government.
A measure designed to curb the proliferation of these types of accounts to avoid political influence campaigns carried out from abroad since the scope of visibility of these accounts is limited. According to Twitter, the choice to label or not label a media account with this label is made in accordance with the state’s control over editorial content.
Source: BFM TV
