There Swedish public radio Sveriges Radio announced that will cease its activities on Twitter as part of a change in its presence on the networks, after the media in the United States and Canada did the same but in rejection of the decisions of Elon Musk’s social network.

“Sveriges Radio reduced its presence on Twitter a moment ago, and now we have taken the decision to stop being active on the platform altogether, and to remove a series of accounts,” the radio group said. listened to from the Nordic countries. country in his Blog.

“We need to focus and prioritize SR’s online presence, and Twitter has changed this year and become less important to us”explained the station’s social media manager, Christian Gillinger, AFP news agency reported.

American public radio NPR last week became the first major media outlet to abandon Twitter in protest against new policies on the platform, acquired by Musk in October for $44 billion.

It’s a new certification policy that Twitter will enforce starting April 20 that will provide its blue badge to anyone who pays, a move Musk made after leaving US National Public Radio last Wednesday.

American radio has announced that it will withdraw its account from the social network, after the platform classified it as “state media” And “state-funded media”which, according to him, casts doubt on his independence.

Swedish public radio, whose main account is labeled “publicly funded media”, nevertheless indicated that it was not withdrawing from the network on this point, considering it to be a “good definition” of its funding.

The controversy with Twitter has a history: a week before NPR’s decision, the platform had already called the radio a “media affiliated with the American state”, as well as the Russian media RT or Sputnik.

Shortly after leaving NPR, the public group CBC/Radio-Canada he did the same, criticizing Twitter’s label of a “government-funded outlet”, a definition that undermines its “independence”.

NPR’s labeling change came days after the social network remove the New York Times blue certification check mark.

NPR and the New York Times are two of the most respected and followed media outlets in the United States and are seen by some conservatives as too progressive.

These announcements come as Twitter applies a new certification policy and will grant its famous blue badge to whoever pays for it on April 20.