State-affiliated media are media organizations whose editorial output or decision-making process is subject to control by a government. We label the accounts and video of media entities that we know to be subject to editorial control by state institutions. We determine whether an organization is subjected to editorial control or influence by a government based on evidence collected by independent external experts. For more information on this process, visit our Transparency Center and read Labelling state-affiliated media entities. State-affiliated media accounts are not allowed to advertise outside the market they're registered in.