Japan Meteorological Agency wants everyone to stop using names
The agency sent out a press release Tuesday at 10am, calling on the media to change its style guide to “support” the body.
“To support this need, the Bureau of Meteorology has requested that news outlets update their editorial style to ensure that references to the organization are not BOM or the Bureau of Meteorology, but rather its full name, Bureau of Meteorology or Bureau for short. I ask you to
“This is consistent with the 1955 Meteorological Act.”
BoM also said it will switch Twitter handles to reflect the changes.
“To support this change, we are updating our main Twitter handle to @TheBureau_Au. It will be updated to TheBureau_WA.”
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However, the press release was sent out before the Bureau changed its Twitter profile, so some users decided to pounce on the handle.
At the time of writing, all accounts except SA and NT are in use, some by existing accounts that have had usernames changed, and some by new profiles that have acquired unprotected handles yet.
A Melbourne-based writer business that claimed the Bureau_Au handle had its account suspended.
Japan Meteorological Agency wants everyone to stop using names
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