The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
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The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.

The Social Security Administration is cutting staff from its communications office, and will rely on social media posts instead of press releases to update the media and the public.

Social Security Commissioner Linda Kerr-Davis told employees in a call Thursday that regional offices will no longer issue press releases or letters. Instead, the agency will be using X to communicate to the press and the public.

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Is there not some kind of law regarding general access to government notices? I shouldn’t have to sign up for a private website to keep up with public services.

    • aeshna_cyanea@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Purely hypothetically if musk were to become president would x then become a public website

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        7 days ago

        LOL no, America doesn’t nationalize private holdings. Presidents would (normally) have to divest themselves from the company at least, but trump has set a new precedent there too so who knows if future presidents will adhere.