Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Twitter label controversy === On April 17, 2023, the main CBC account on [[Twitter]] was labeled as "government-funded media". In response, the CBC announced they would cease posting on Twitter, similarly to [[NPR]] after the initial [[NPR#Twitter controversy|controversy]] surrounding [[Twitter under Elon Musk|Elon Musk's decisions as Twitter CEO]]. Later, Elon Musk tweeted that in response to the CBC's claim that they were "less than 70% government-funded", Twitter was changing the label to "69% government-funded media."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trudeau-rival-clash-over-twitter-labeling-cbc-government-funded-2023-04-17/ |title=Canada public broadcaster's Twitter account labeled '69% Government-funded Media' |newspaper=Reuters |date=April 18, 2023 |access-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418051541/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trudeau-rival-clash-over-twitter-labeling-cbc-government-funded-2023-04-17/ |url-status=live |last1=Scherer |first1=Steve }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/justin-trudeau-pierre-poilievre-twitter-cbc |title=Canada's CBC'pauses'Twitter use after government-funded media label |newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 17, 2023 |access-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418035005/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/justin-trudeau-pierre-poilievre-twitter-cbc |url-status=live |last1=Cecco |first1=Leyland }}</ref> According to the CBC annual revenue report, 70.6% of revenue came from government spending in 2019-2020, while 65.6% of revenue came from the government in 2021-2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019-2020 Annual Report - Revenue and Other Sources of Funds |url=https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/impact-and-accountability/finances/annual-reports/ar-2019-2020/financial-sustainability/revenue-and-other-funds |access-date=April 24, 2023 |website=CBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2021-2022 Annual Report - Revenue and Other Sources of Funds |url=https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/impact-and-accountability/finances/annual-reports/ar-2021-2022/financial-sustainability/revenue-and-other-funds|access-date=April 24, 2023 |website=CBC |language=en}}</ref> On May 9, the CBC announced that it would resume activity on some of its Twitter accounts.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Canadian |first=Press |date=May 9, 2023 |title=CBC resumes activity on some of its Twitter accounts after hitting pause over labels |work=Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2023/05/09/cbc-resumes-activity-on-some-of-its-twitter-accounts-after-hitting-pause-over-labels.html |access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page