CBS News has returned to Twitter after a pausing its activity on the platform for just over a day, reports TheWRAP citing a network announcement Sunday.
“After pausing for much of the weekend to assess the security concerns, CBS News and Stations is resuming its activity on Twitter as we continue to monitor the situation,” the network’s public relations account tweeted.
Musk's response:
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2022
On Friday evening, national correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti announced on-air that the network would step away from the social media platform “out of an abundance of caution.”
“In light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News is pausing its activity on the social media platform as it continues to monitor the situation,” Vigliotti said during his report.
“We are hopeful that we will resume activity very soon,” CBS News said in a further statement.
While the network has returned to the platform, brands like Balenciaga and Playbill have exited Twitter due to concerns regarding the company’s leadership weeks after Elon Musk bought Twitter in a $44 billion acquisition.
On Nov. 12, Playbill tweeted a statement expressing concern that the app has recently “expanded its tolerance for hate, negativity, and misinformation.”
CBS News’ return to Twitter comes hours after Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s Twitter account as a result of a poll in which a majority of voters responded “Yes” to his poll asking if the former president should be allowed back on the platform.
The major news network originally confirmed it was leaving Twitter during Friday’s episode of “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.”
The story featured a quote from a disgruntled former engineer who was laid off, who claimed that the culture of Twitter under Musk was “definitely a culture of fear and uncertainty, of anxiety.”
Apparently, that anxiety made quite an impression on CBS News.
In the middle of the segment, Vigliotti reported the outlet’s decision to pause its usage of Twitter.
CBS News and its owned and operated stations are “pausing” activity on Twitter; blaming “uncertainty” on the platform. pic.twitter.com/Pv1gEQjQJH
— Jim Lokay (@LokayFOX5) November 19, 2022
He reported, “In light of the uncertainty around Twitter, and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News is pausing its activity on the social media site as it continues to monitor the platform.”
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