https://www.rt.com/news/497293-twitter-label-state-media-officials/
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Twitter left a sizable loophole for the US and friendly nations, explaining that “state-financed media organizations with editorial independence, like the BBC in the UK or NPR in the US for example, will not be labeled.”
Until 2016 it was owned by News Corp, so Alibaba is an improvement.