Hip hip hip hooray.
(For context, Pope Francis was among the accounts stripped of its Blue checkmark as part of Twitter’s cull of legacy verified users. His account now carries a grey checkmark, which is meant for government and multilateral organizations.)
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, says it’s “pausing” its use of Twitter after the platform put a “Government-funded Media” label on its main account, joining the likes of NPR and PBS.
The Elon Musk-owned service then changed the label to read “70% Government-funded Media,” before adjusting it to 69%, cementing Musk’s status as the least funny person to have ever opened a Twitter account.
