Twitter CEO Elon Musk has “threatened” to reassign National Public Radio’s Twitter account to another company, the U.S.-based broadcaster said Tuesday.
NPR says Musk suggested he would reassign the network’s primary account to another organization or individual under the @NPR handle.
NPR stopped posting content on its 52 official Twitter feeds last month in protest of Twitter’s designation suggesting government involvement in its editorial content.
Musk asked about its engagement with Twitter in an email to NPR reporters, the public broadcaster said.
“So will NPR start tweeting again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company?” NPR quoted Musk as saying.
“Our policy is to recycle handles that are absolutely dormant,” he said in another email. “The same policy applies to all accounts. No special treatment from NPR.
NPR and Twitter did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
According to Twitter’s policy, users should log into their accounts at least every 30 days to avoid permanent deletion due to prolonged inactivity.
PBS and CBC followed NPR and stopped posting on Twitter after similar hashtags.
Twitter later dropped the label, but the targeted outlets have yet to resume activity, their profiles showed Tuesday.