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☆ You can now place DoorDash and Uber Eats orders through a call with an AI voice bot
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some restaurants are connecting callers to an AI voice service to place DoorDash and Uber Eats orders. Many people now place delivery orders online, but Kea's founder says restaurants sometimes struggle to handle phone orders. AdvertisementA new voice AI service means diners can place delivery orders with services like DoorDash and Uber Eats via phone call. The AI guides them through the transactions, including suggesting add-ons and recommending items they got in previous orders, Ahmad said. The delivery platforms that Kea can refer orders to are DoorDash, Uber Eats, Postmates, Grubhub, and Favor, Ahmad said.

Persons: DoorDash, Uber, Kea, —, Adam Ahmad, Ahmad, Siri, –, who'll, Olo, They'd, We're, NDAs — Organizations: Voice, Service, California Fish Locations: Kea, California

☆ A police stop, a free hat, and a letter to GM's boss — here's the story of Warren Buffett's Cadillac upgrade
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Warren Buffett's upgrade of his trusty Cadillac in 2014 was a whole saga. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But it's hard to top Warren Buffett, whose upgrade saga involved a frontwoman, a free hat, a $122,000 charity auction, a police stop, and GM CEO Mary Barra. AdvertisementA Cadillac and a matching hatThe Berkshire CEO dispatched his daughter, Susie Buffett, to scope out a local Cadillac dealer. The saleswoman didn't know the car was for Warren Buffett until after the sale was made.

Persons: Warren Buffett's, Mary Barra, —, Warren Buffett, Buffett, who's, Barra, Berkshire Hathaway, Susie Buffett, Madison, She'd, Mr, Willers, Susie, I'd Organizations: Service, GM, Berkshire, Barra, Madison Willers, Cadillac, Inc, Girls Inc Locations: Omaha, Madison, Barra, New York, Illinois

Chesebro’s social media presence Pro-Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro told Michigan investigators that he doesn’t have any social media accounts, including Twitter. But CNN uncovered a secret Twitter account that Chesebro used to anonymously post about the 2020 election in real-time. Yet in his interview with Michigan investigators, Chesebro said the very opposite, claiming that the entire electors plan was contingent on the courts. Michigan investigators secured Chesebro’s cooperation in December, after previously charging the 16 fake electors in that state with multiple felonies. Chesebro distances himself from the plotIn his interview with Michigan investigators, Chesebro repeatedly tried to downplay his knowledge of the electors plan.

Persons: Kenneth Chesebro, Chesebro, ”, Robert Langford, Danny Wimmer, Dana Nessel, “, ” Chesebro, Trump, BadgerPundit, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Pence, hadn’t, Jack, “ Chesebro, Ryan Goodman, ” Goodman, Manny Arora, Arora, Wimmer, John Eastman, Alex Jones, I’d, Gore, Laurence, “ it’s, Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, Donald Trump, won’t, Biden, ” BadgerPundit, Jefferson, ” CNN’s Selwyn Rocha Organizations: CNN, Trump, Twitter, Michigan, CNN CNN, BadgerPundit, Chesebro, Republican, Pro, CNN CNN Twitter, Wayback Machine, New York University, Michigan Attorney, Bush, Trump International Hotel, Atlantic, ”, Biden, Eastman, Pence, Capitol Locations: Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, “, Chesebro, Gore, cryptocurrency, Washington ,, Bush, Trump’s, Washington

☆ It’s never been more expensive to be a Disney fan
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Not only have theme park visits gotten more expensive, but so have Disney’s cruise vacations, souvenirs and the company’s streaming services. Over the summer, Disney quietly raised the prices at two of the adult-exclusive restaurants on board its cruise ships to $135 per person for dinner, a nudge up of $10, according to the Disney Cruise Line Blog. But one thing is certain: being a Disney fan has never been more expensive. Passengers stand on the deck of Disney Dream, a Disney Cruise Lines' ship, as it sails to the Bahamas on August 9, 2021. Joe Skipper/ReutersBrittany Huizinga, an Arizona-based travel agent at Smart Moms Travel, took a two-part trip with her husband and two children during the holiday season: The first four nights were spent at Walt Disney World and the last five nights on a Disney Cruise ship.

Persons: Walt, Gina Lee, ”, “, Disney, Ron DeSantis, Don Munsil, —, That’s, Minnie, Joseph Prezioso, Genie, we’ve, ” Munsil, Joe Skipper, Brittany Huizinga, Bob Iger, Mouse’s, Doug Arthur, “ It’s, Disney’s, Lee Organizations: CNN, Walt Disney World, Disney, Disney Vacation, Magic, Walt Disney, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images Parks, Disney Cruise Lines, Smart, Huber Research Partners, Disney’s ESPN, Fox Corporation, Warner Bros ., . Disney, Wayback Locations: Orlando , Florida, New York, —, Florida, Disneyland, California, Orange County , Florida, Bahamas, Arizona

Toys, games and hobby gear are on track to be less expensive this holiday season for the first time since 2020, while sporting goods prices are down this holiday for the first time since 2018, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)showed. To be sure, prices overall are higher in 2023 despite slowed price growth, with October's consumer price index climbing to 3.2% year-over-year. The figure remained flat on a month-over-month basis, signaling some holiday item prices may be slow to come down. Despite a dip in sporting goods prices, they continue to pace above 2019 levels. Walmart WMT.N said prices of general merchandise - clothing, electronics, furniture - had declined by low to mid-single-digit percentages versus last year, enabling the retailer to cut prices this holiday season.

Persons: Theresa Forsberg, Jill Lizzo, Barbie, Walmart WMT.N, it's, ”, Christina Hennington, Vincent Alban, Jessica Ramirez, Jane Hali, Jeffrey Roach, Macy's, Kevin Simpson, Simpson, Siddharth Cavale, Amina Niasse, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Walmart, Reuters Graphics Reuters, REUTERS, Associates, LPL, Dick's Sporting, Reuters, Wealth, Target, Home Depot, Wayback Machine, Thomson Locations: New Milford , Connecticut, New York's Harlem, Chicago , Illinois, U.S, New York

A child looks at toys in a Target store ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday and traditional Black Friday sales in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 21, 2023. Toys, games and hobby gear are on track to be less expensive this holiday season for the first time since 2020, while sporting goods prices are down this holiday for the first time since 2018, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)showed. Walmart WMT.N said prices of general merchandise - clothing, electronics, furniture - had declined by low to mid-single-digit percentages versus last year, enabling the retailer to cut prices this holiday season. Black Friday discounts are 30% to 50% at major retailers and could go deeper later in the season. "You're going to see margin compression and potentially lower sales," said Simpson, whose firm holds shares in Walmart and Home Depot.

Persons: Vincent Alban, Barbie, Walmart WMT.N, it's, ”, Christina Hennington, Jessica Ramirez, Jane Hali, Jeffrey Roach, Kevin Simpson, Simpson, Siddharth Cavale, Amina Niasse, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Walmart, Associates, LPL, Wayback Machine, Dick's Sporting, Reuters, Wealth, Target, Home Depot, Thomson Locations: Chicago , Illinois, U.S, Macy's, New York

☆ Amazon says bottles allegedly containing delivery drivers' urine listed as energy drink on its website was a 'crude stunt'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oobah Butler says he was able to list and sell Amazon drivers' urine on the marketplace. An Amazon spokesperson called it a "crude stunt" and said no "genuine customer" bought the product. Insider has previously reported that urinating in bottles has become a common part of the job for Amazon delivery drivers. In the past, the company has denied its delivery drivers pee in bottles, but later admitted some of its drivers do urinate in bottles on the job. On Monday, an Amazon spokesperson told Insider that drivers are given reminders to take breaks throughout the day.

Persons: Oobah Butler, Butler, —, WIRED, he'd, they've, they'd, – Organizations: Amazon, Service, Energy Locations: Coventry

☆ RIP iPhone mini: Apple is no longer selling the smaller smartphone now that the iPhone 15 is here
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The iPhone 13 mini is no longer available on Apple's website ahead of the iPhone 15 release. On the bright side, the regular iPhone 13 is still available, and it's now $100 cheaper. Up until last Monday, you could go onto Apple's website and pick between the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini, according to the Wayback Machine. The iPhone 13 mini cost about $100 less than the iPhone 13, $599 versus $699. It's even cheaper than the 13 mini was at $429 and has a smaller screen that's 4.7 inches.

Persons: you've, could've, Max Organizations: Service, Wayback, Apple Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Lidl is recalling a PAW Patrol-branded snack because a website listed on the packaging hosts explicit content
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Lidl is recalling PAW Patrol snacks in the UK due to an explicit website link on the packaging. The URL links to pornographic content and used to be the domain name for the snack maker. Lidl urged customers to not view the website and return the products at its stores to get a refund. PAW Patrol is a popular kids' TV show that first aired in 2013, with a movie following in 2021. AdvertisementAdvertisement🚨 URGENT RECALL: Four types of Paw Patrol snacks are being recalled by Lidl after a website URL listed on the back of the packaging was compromised with explicit content unsuitable for children.

Persons: Lidl Organizations: Service, Brands Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Gannett to pause AI experiment after botched high school sports articles
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after the technology made several major flubs in articles in at least one of its papers. Several high school sports reports written by an AI service called LedeAI and published by the Columbus Dispatch earlier this month went viral on social media this week — and not in a good way. Many of the reports feature identical language, describing “high school football action,” noting when one team “took victory away from” another and describing “cruise-control” wins. Gannett has paused its experiment with LedeAI in all of its local markets that had been using the service, according to the company. CNET earlier this year also paused an experiment using AI to write stories after it was forced to issue multiple corrections on AI-generated reports.

Persons: LedeAI, “, Axios, ”, ” LedeAI Organizations: New, New York CNN — Newspaper, Gannett, Columbus Dispatch, Machine, Worthington, CNN, Louisville Courrier, AZ, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dispatch, CNET Locations: New York, Ohio, AZ Central, Florida, ”, “, OpenAI

☆ X took 2 days to remove the account of the man suspected of California Pride-flag killing of Laura Carleton
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

X apparently took two days to delete the account of the man suspected of killing Laura Ann Carleton. The killing happened because Carleton had a Pride flag outside her California clothing store, officials have said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe man suspected of killing California business owner Laura Ann "Lauri" Carleton over the Pride flag outside her store apparently used X to share his homophobic views. The platform took two days to remove his account, according to CNN. The suspect and owner of the now-suspended X account was eventually identified as Travis Ikeguchi, according to USA Today.

Persons: Laura Ann Carleton, Carleton, Laura Ann, Lauri, Alejandra Caraballo, Travis Ikeguchi, Elon Musk, Musk Organizations: CNN, Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic, Wayback Machine, San, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Southern California ., USA, European Commission Locations: California, Pride, San Bernardino County, Southern California, Southern California . Carleton

☆ Opinion: ‘Oppenheimer’ is a different kind of movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Opinion Gene Seymour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Bottom lines are important, especially when billions are at stake, as well as the future of an entire industry. US physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is often referred to as "the father of the atomic bomb." At once skittish and coy, self-effacing and self-aggrandizing, owlish and sexy, Murphy’s Oppenheimer is, at times, his own kind of super-powered being. A moviegoer unfamiliar with the particulars of the history here might be forgiven for wondering whether Murphy’s Oppenheimer is Obi-Wan Kenobi or Darth Vader. “Robert Oppenheimer can touch us still,” Kempton wrote, “because he was one of the few of those who have lived with the illusion of being history’s conqueror and the fact of being its victim.”I’m there for it.

Persons: Gene Seymour, Gene Seymour Jeremy Freeman, “ Oppenheimer, ”, “ Oppenheimer ”, —, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Murray Kempton, “, “ Michael Corleone ”, Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Christopher Nolan, diffidence, skittish, Murphy’s Oppenheimer, Obi, Wan, Darth Vader, Nolan, that’s, they’ll, “ Robert Oppenheimer, ” Kempton Organizations: The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment, The Washington, Twitter, CNN, Los Alamos Laboratory, Universal, coy, Manhattan Locations: Manhattan, New Mexico, Hiroshima, Nagasaki

☆ Riikka Purra: Finnish finance minister apologizes for racist and violent comments made online in 2008
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Zahid Mahmood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Finnish finance minister Riikka Purra has apologized after she made racist comments in 2008 that were recently discovered online. The leader of the far-right Finns Party said her old comments were “stupid” and that she was sorry for the harm they had caused. Purra’s Finns Party won second place in April’s elections, finishing behind Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s National Coalition Party, before forming a coalition. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said his government was committed to combating racism. “Our immigration policy is legitimate and legal and there is nothing wrong or suspicious about it,” Purra added on Twitter.

Persons: Riikka Purra, “, ” Purra, ”, Petteri, Orpo, Petteri Orpo, Ksenia Kuleshova, ” Orpo, Purra Organizations: CNN, Finns Party, Purra’s Finns Party, Finnish, National Coalition Party, Bloomberg, Getty, Swedish People’s Party, Christian, Twitter Locations: Spain, Finnish, Finland, Nordic

☆ Submersible touring Titanic wreckage: A challenging search in remote waters intensifies for the vessel
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —A multi-agency search is intensifying for a submersible that went missing with five people on board while touring the wreckage of the Titanic, as crews comb through choppy, remote waters in low visibility. “It is a challenge to conduct a search in that remote area,” Mauger said during a news briefing. However, British businessman Hamish Harding is one of the people on the submersible, according to a social media post by the company he owns, Action Aviation. What we know about the vessel and expeditionAn undated photo of the OceanGate Titan vessel. The Coast Guard’s current focus is on locating the vessel, Mauger said.

Persons: John Mauger, ” Mauger, ” Crews, Mauger, “, Hamish Harding, Harding, ” Harding, Larry Daley, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Nargeolet, Shahzada Dawood, Sulaiman Dawood, Dawood, weren’t, ”, Mi’sel Joe, ” Rory Golden, ” Golden, Golden, Bobbie Scholley, ” Scholley, Scholley Organizations: CNN, Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Air Force, US Coast Guard, Canadian Armed Forces, OceanGate Expeditions, Horizon Maritime, Action Aviation, CTV, CBC News, Expeditions, “, Maritime Horizon Services, Facebook, US Navy Locations: Cape Cod, British, St, Pakistan, John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, ”

CNN —The US Coast Guard launched a search and rescue operation for a submersible with five people on board that went missing during an expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic. In an interview with Fox News, First District Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said the Coast Guard is “bringing all assets to bear” in search of the missing submersible. Person on expedition posted photosOne of the individuals on the missing submersible posted photos of it on Sunday before its launch. From InstagramOne of the individuals on the missing sub posted photos of it on Sunday before its launch. “That is where our focus is right now.”He asked people not to ask for the names of the people on the missing sub or speculate.

Persons: Samantha Corcoran, “, ”, Corcoran, John Mauger, Jacques Cousteau’s, OceanGate, Person, ” Rory Golden, Golden, “ … Organizations: CNN, US Coast Guard, Polar, Coast Guard, Oceangate Expeditions, RCC Halifax, Canadian Coast Guard, Fox News, Guard, NOAA, Sunday, Facebook Locations: Newfoundland, Canada, St, John’s

☆ Twitter is a more dangerous platform for the LGBTQ community now than it was a year ago, GLAAD finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Brandon Gomez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Twitter is a more dangerous social platform for LGBTQ users now than it was a year ago, according to a new survey from LGBTQ+ rights organization GLAAD. GLAAD found that the platforms continue to fall short at establishing and enforcing safeguards meant to protect LGBTQ users from hate speech. "You can think of community notes as like an error correction on information in the network. And the effect of community notes is actually bigger than it would seem. The debate over a community notes approach is that it leaves the burden on those affected by hate speech to report harmful posts.

Persons: Kara Swisher, Sarah Kate Ellis, Jack Malon, we've, we're, Elon Musk, Musk, CNBC's David Faber Organizations: CNBC, New York, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, GLAAD, Machine

☆ Citadel's red-hot run has led to a new problem: It's harder than ever to nab an internship there
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Paige Hagy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Billionaire Ken Griffin's Citadel internship program is attracting more students than ever before. Citadel, the $57 billion hedge fund, and market maker Citadel Securities recruit hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students every year for an 11-week summer internship program. The internship starts Monday, with a kickoff week at the Four Seasons in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach. "We think of campus recruiting very much the same way that other firms think of executive recruiting," Mitro said. "All of it is geared towards simulating what life would be like for them if they were to join the firm," Mitro said.

Persons: Ken, Matt Mitro, Griffin, Mitro, It's, it's, commerciality, UT Austin — Organizations: Citadel, Citadel Securities, New, Wayback, NASA, US Army, MIT, UC Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, UT Austin, Mathematical Association of America, Intercollegiate, Discover Citadel Locations: Fort Lauderdale, Palm, Citadel, Miami, New York City, Singapore, Paris, Palm Beach, New York, Chicago, London, Hong Kong

☆ Amazon gives up a key part of its climate pledge and deletes the blog post that announced the Shipment Zero initiative. We dug up the details anyway.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon scrapped its Shipment Zero initiative, which was announced a few years ago. Amazon deleted the original Shipment Zero blog post. That's a decade later than the 50% goal, which was called "Shipment Zero" at the time. Dropping the specific shipment pledge is noteworthy because Amazon's ecommerce operation relies on vast fleets of vehicles and aircraft to deliver packages to consumers quickly. Amazon announced the Shipment Zero initiative in a blog a few years ago.

☆ Revealed: Vladimir Putin's secret Black Sea bunker
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | Anastasiia Carrier | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

You would think that the architects who designed Vladimir Putin's palace thought of everything. They failed to hide plans showing two elaborate tunnels running beneath the palace complex — plans that any competent state-security apparatus would fight tooth-and-nail to keep secret. The underground complex beneath Putin's palace consists of two separate tunnels connected by an elevator that descends roughly 50 meters below the surface. Gelendzhik is the town closest to the palace complex, a five-hour drive from the resort city of Sochi. "With the war in Ukraine," Kimmage said, "there's speechmaking, there's propaganda, there's exaggeration — there's this performative aspect that plays to Russia's domestic politics.

☆ OpenAI changed its plans and won't train on customer data, Sam Altman says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

OpenAI hasn't trained its AI large-language models such as GPT with paying customer data "for a while," CEO Sam Altman told CNBC on Friday. "Customers clearly want us not to train on their data, so we've changed our plans: We will not do that," Altman told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin. "We don't train on any API data at all, we haven't for a while," Altman told CNBC. OpenAI's business customers, which include Microsoft , Salesforce and Snapchat , are more likely to take advantage of OpenAI's API capabilities. The Guild had been pushing for limitations on the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT for script generating or rewriting.

☆ Elon Musk appeared to quietly change the way customers pay for Twitter Blue in Europe after being accused of breaking rules about how its prices were displayed
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A European Union consumer-protection watchdog told Insider last month that Twitter Blue was breaching price rules. Elon Musk appears to have quietly changed the way that Europeans can pay for Twitter Blue after being accused of breaking rules about displaying prices. A side-by-side comparison of the Twitter Blue checkout screens in the UK. Insider tested the Twitter Blue subscription process in the UK and, through a VPN, in Belgium, Denmark and Germany. According to web traffic data seen by Bloomberg, about 400,000 people have signed up for Twitter Blue – fewer than 1% of Twitter's 500 million monthly users.

☆ Twitter removes transgender protections from hateful conduct policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Twitter appears to have quietly rolled back a portion of its hateful conduct policy that included specific protections for transgender people. The policy previously stated that Twitter prohibits “targeting others with repeated slurs, tropes or other content that intends to degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected category. The change to the hateful conduct policy is one of a number of updates Twitter has made to its safety and content moderation practices since Elon Musk took over the company last fall. LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD called out the hateful conduct policy change in a Tuesday statement. The billionaire tried to assuage advertisers about Twitter’s approach to hateful conduct at a marketing conference Tuesday, saying, “If somebody has something hateful to say, it doesn’t mean you should give them a megaphone,” according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

☆ The cost of college room and board is rising even faster than tuition. It's driving students into even more debt.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In many public universities, the cost of room and board has risen faster than the cost of tuition. Using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, Insider documented the reported tuition and room and board costs from ten public universities from 2012-2013 versus the 2022-2023 academic year. The data matches a trend that the College Board found, which noted that between 2009 and around 2014, the cost of room and board rose by more than 20 percent. Paying more for room and board leads to more debtAs students are forced to pay even more for room and board, they're often putting themselves into increasingly more debt. The sticker price of tuition, room, and board, however, isn't what it seems once interest is factored in.

☆ Elon Musk reportedly admits Twitter may have been wrong to label NPR as 'state-affiliated media'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Britney Nguyen | Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Twitter added a "US state-affiliated media" label to NPR's account on Tuesday. NPR reported Thursday that Elon Musk told the outlet the tag might be an error after learning more about the outlet. The mention of the BBC, which did not see the label added to its accounts, remains on the page. A screenshot of NPR's Twitter profile on Wednesday shows a label reading "US state-affiliated media." Twitter/@NPR"We were disturbed to see last night that Twitter has labeled NPR as 'state-affiliated media,' a description that, per Twitter's own guidelines, does not apply to NPR," NPR President and CEO John Lansing said in a statement shared with Insider.

☆ Twitter labeled NPR as a 'state-affiliated media' and scrubbed its name from a policy page that contradicted the move
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter added a "US state-affiliated media" label to NPR's account on Tuesday. A page on Twitter's Help Center removed a previous mention of NPR as an example of outlets "not defined as state-affiliated media." The mention of the BBC, which did not see the label added to its accounts, remains on the page. A screenshot of NPR's Twitter profile on Wednesday shows a label reading "US state-affiliated media." Twitter/@NPR"We were disturbed to see last night that Twitter has labeled NPR as 'state-affiliated media,' a description that, per Twitter's own guidelines, does not apply to NPR," NPR President and CEO John Lansing said in a statement shared with Insider.

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