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Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels

The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media outlets saw a 70 percent increase in engagement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after it removed labels identifying them as “state-affiliated,” according to a new report released Tuesday....

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4224455-russia-china-iran-state-media-see-boost-on-x-after-removal-of-state-affiliated-labels/

Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels

The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media outlets saw a 70 percent increase in engagement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after it removed labels identifying them as “state-affiliated,” according to a new report released Tuesday. A new analysis from NewsGuard, which analyzes media trends and disinformation, found that 12…

The Hill
Sep 26, 2023 at 10:26pmWeb
Show threadSanctusSep 26, 2023
The propoganda must flow.
Show threadKorkkiSep 26, 2023

So State labelled media was basically just keep wrong narratives under wraps, keep people away from them and shaft them down the algorithm where nobody would see it unless they went especially looking for it. It never had anything to do with “state media” since no western state media got the label, never had anything to do with lies, disinformation or propaganda either, since what is wider media these days anyway. It had everything to do with not following the Euro-Atlantic narrative and god forbid letting the designated “enemy countries” voice their side of the story. Why there is so much Twitter/X hate rn. in the media is because the western global ministry of truth fears losing grasp of the narrative if too much freedom is introduced.

I want to hear no bullshit here about how this was actually ever good and necessary and why we need narrative control for “democracy” and for protection of the fragile minds of the plebs who don’t know any better than to believe Russian and Chinese lies.

Show threadkescusaySep 26, 2023
Well. That’s certainly a take.
Show threadDogMuffinsSep 26, 2023
Which western state media met xitter’s definition of state-affiliated?
Show threadMasterBlasterSep 27, 2023
NPR. I shit you not.
Show threadcasmaelSep 27, 2023
I’m so confused by this
Show threadMasterBlasterSep 27, 2023
Think of it this way: freedom is a threat to his business model.
Show threadDogMuffinsSep 27, 2023

You know NPR was literally included in xitter’s definition of “state-funded with editorial independence” until Musk shat himself right ?

NPR does receive U.S. government funding through grants from federal agencies and departments, along with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The company said it accounts for less than 1% of NPR’s annual operating budget. But until Wednesday, the same Twitter guidelines said that “state-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK or NPR in the United States, are not defined as state-affiliated media for the purposes of this policy.”

apnews.com/…/twitter-npr-state-affiliated-media-l…

NPR protests as Twitter calls it 'state-affiliated media'

Twitter labeled National Public Radio as “state-affiliated media,” a move that some worried Wednesday could undermine public confidence in the news organization. NPR President John Lansing called it “unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way.” It was unclear what prompted the move. Twitter owner Elon Musk quoted Twitter's help center as defining state-affiliated media as organizations where the state exercises editorial control, saying it “seems accurate” as a description of NPR. But until it was suddenly erased, that same Twitter policy specifically said NPR did not fit that description. The literary organization PEN America said the move could undermine confidence in the media.

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Show threadMasterBlasterSep 27, 2023
I heard about it. I am a fan of Marketplace. It’s just insane that he tried to silence it after all that free speech bullshit he sprouted, while he removed the notice on media literally owned by authoritarian states. He’s a wingnut. Up is down, good is bad, etc…
Show threadWesleeSep 27, 2023
I think most people who live in the UK can tell you the BBC is extremely bias - they might not be controlled by the gov directly, but the people in charge are very pro right wing
Show threadDogMuffinsSep 27, 2023

A quick search says that BBC is regularly accused of bias in both directions. Australia’s ABC is definitely accused of both.

Regardless. The policy doesn’t say anything about bias. It’s simply “editorial independence”.

Show threadRobotToasterSep 27, 2023
Because the BBC has a a neoliberal, economically right wing while socially liberal, bias.
Show threadHaggierRapscallierSep 27, 2023
I hear the ‘social liberalism’ is limited and that the mask is slipping.
Show threadbarsoapSep 29, 2023
The left will shout bias when the BBC ignores reality. The right will shout bias when the BBC reports reality.
Show threadTattersSep 27, 2023
I live in the UK and I disagree with you. Assuming this right wing bias is true, how does it evidenced itself in the BBC’s programming and news coverage? Because I don’t see it. Especially their news, which seems very even-handed to me.
Show threadWesleeSep 27, 2023
I stopped paying for and watching the BBC a few years ago, before I cancelled there was so much conservative coverage, they were inviting way more members of the Tory party onto the news
Show threadBeardsleySep 27, 2023
Uh…what
Show threadBeardsleySep 28, 2023
Ah, that checks out. Thanks, Satan’s Maggoty Cum Fart!
Show threadmaajSep 27, 2023
Now I’d be wrong as hell if I said you write like a Russian just to stir some shit up
Show threadLemminarySep 27, 2023

the Euro-Atlantic narrative

the western global ministry of truth

I’ve never lol’d harder in my life. Please tell me that their halls look at least half as cool as the Ministry of Magic in Westminster

Show threadrealharoSep 27, 2023

and god forbid letting the designated “enemy countries” voice their side of the story

But they could still do that. The only difference is, more people knew who the story was coming from.

Why do you want them to be able to obfuscate the source?

Show threadTheBlue22Sep 27, 2023
Tankie spotted, deploy the reaper drones
Show threadhazelnotSep 27, 2023
So instead of labeling Western propaganda as well, the solution is obviously to not label any propaganda whatsoever so people can be lied to by both sides?
Show threadcedarmesaSep 27, 2023
You see the thing is you make some good points but are off base on…just kidding, blocked.
Show thread👁️👄👁️Sep 27, 2023
What is something these state accounts posted that actually was worth reading lol. I get my propaganda from TikTok and YouTube already, thanks.
Show threadAdamantRatPuncherSep 27, 2023

hate X and Musk and left when the people they don’t like got to post again

that’s a huge generalization right there. You can’t tell what users whom you didn’t even know were doing, besides it’s their freedom to hop out of a platform if they please if you believe it is your freedom to read and trust that content.

Show threadTwoGemsSep 27, 2023
That was why Musk was likely asked by foreign governments to buy Twitter, and how he spoke to Putin. He is completely compromised. Any one of us would probably be held liable for something involving collusion with foreign hostile governments, but we have to baby our billionaires afterall.
Show threadPossibly linuxSep 27, 2023
Do people still use “X”?
Show threadAdamantRatPuncherSep 27, 2023
you’d rather be on the darknet rather than on twitter x now.
Show threadConcettaSep 27, 2023
Wait, what about CBC News? Can someone confirm what it says for me?