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.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… a social media post is NOT an official government communication. I don’t mind it being used in addition to public channels to help spread the word further, but if you are going to use one platform then you should be required to use all of them to ensure all affected people receiving the same information… and I don’t see them posting on Bluesky or Mastodon or even Reddit.
I don’t think they should be required to use all of the networks, just the open ones, i.e. no account registration required, easily accessible
That’s a good point… if you can’t read messages and discussions without a login, then it’s not really facilitating public notification.