BBC objects to ‘government funded’ Twitter label. Musk has thoughts.

LONDON — Twitter attached a government-affiliation label to the BBC’s main Twitter account over the weekend, sparking a stern objection from the public broadcaster and a debate within Britain over the label’s accuracy.

“Government funded media” appeared on the BBC’s main Twitter profile, which primarily posts about its entertainment programs. Twitter offered no public explanation for its decision to add the label over the weekend, which was not attached to any of the BBC’s news accounts — several of which have many more followers.