SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter chief Elon Musk has “threatened” to reassign National Public Radio’s Twitter account to another company, the US-based broadcaster said on Tuesday.
Mr Musk suggested that he would reassign the network’s main account, under the @NPR handle, to another organisation or person, NPR said.in protest against a Twitter designation that implied government involvement in its editorial content. Mr Musk, in an e-mail to an NPR reporter, asked about its engagement with Twitter, the public broadcaster said.
“So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?“ NPR quoted Mr Musk as saying.“Same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment for NPR.”According to Twitter’s policy, users should log in to their account at least once every 30 days to avoid permanent removal due to prolonged inactivity.