The application of the label, however, is problematic due to its automatic nature: Users found out that any URL that ends with “.news.cn” can trigger the label, regardless of its validity or actual affiliations with state media.
I don’t think that is problematic given that the Chinese state owns the “news.cn”. I see that some people said it had been applied to all “.cn” domains, but I don’t see evidence of it.
AFAIK Twitter started flagging every
.cnlink as “Chinese state media” a few years ago already. Could be the same with.ruand.ir.Apparently this is an old tweet, pre-Musk even.
The China Project, Mar. 2022: Twitter mocked for new rule targeting Chinese state-affiliated media. Twitter thinks Peepee.poopoo.news.cn is an official Chinese government news source.
I don’t think that is problematic given that the Chinese state owns the “news.cn”. I see that some people said it had been applied to all “.cn” domains, but I don’t see evidence of it.
In any event, Xitter later dropped this practice. What the state of it is today I couldn’t say and don’t really care because Xitter.