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

submitted 11 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 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

The fuck!

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah total fuckin' bullshit.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I need the aclu on this immediately.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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