PBS also quit Twitter because of its 'government-funded media' label.

Another public broadcaster NPR said this week it would stop tweeting.

NPR isn't the only public broadcaster to stop tweeting after Twitter applied a "government-funded media" tag to its account. PBS also stopped using the platform. The organization has not posted anything on its Twitter account since April 8.

PBS and NPR say the label, which previously read "state-affiliated media," does not accurately represent them. Twitter previously reserved these labels for state media such as China's Xinhua News Agency and Russia's RT and Sputnik.

“PBS stopped tweeting from our account when we learned of the change and we have no plans to resume at this time,” a PBS spokesperson told Variety. "We continue to closely monitor the evolving situation."

Federal funding accounts for about 15% of public television system revenue, according to PBS. The largest portion of revenue, 31%, comes from individual donations. NPR, meanwhile, says federal funding represents less than 1% of its average annual budget. The broadcaster says it stopped using Twitter largely to protect its credibility, suggesting the label implies the government wields editorial influence over it. NPR says it is "a private, not-for-profit corporation with editorial independence."

Twitter also applied the label to the BBC account. This organization also pushed back on the descriptor of “government-funded media.” Following an interview a BBC reporter conducted this week with Twitter owner Elon Musk, the company updated the label to read "publicly funded media", a more accurate description of the budget. based on broadcaster license fees.