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Social Security Administration ‘will be using X to communicate’ moving forward (thehill.com)

submitted 9 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) unveiled Thursday that it would use the social platform X to make announcements going forward, instead of traditional press releases or memos typically posted to the agency’s website.

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[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

Amusingly, I’m pretty sure SSA employees cannot access X, as it’s blocked by the firewall to make sure they don’t waste any time “shopping” or “reading the news”

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The fuck!

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah total fuckin' bullshit.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I need the aclu on this immediately.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

If you still think we're going to solve this through the courts then you need to read a history book