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The Associated Press

Canada's public broadcaster pauses Twitter after 'government-funded media' label

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation logo is projected onto a screen on May 29, 2019, in Toronto. (Tijana Martin/AP)

TORONTO — The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC's account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility.

Twitter labelled CBC/Radio-Canada "government-funded media" — the same label that prompted National Public Radio in the U.S. to similarly quit Twitter last Wednesday.

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