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.

  • thejml@lemm.eeEnglish
    68·
    11 days ago

    Because X is definitely the right place for that, and something older generations will have access to and know how to use…

    Can we stop this timeline now?

    • TommySoda@lemmy.worldEnglish
      37·
      11 days ago

      Yeah… This is literally designed to hurt people and help Twitter. Some of my older family members don’t even have a smart phone. And if they do the only social media they use is Facebook.