What? We must now sign up with X to receive Social Security notifications? [View all]

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.

“The agency will be using X to communicate to the press and the public — formerly known as Twitter,” Linda Kerr-Davis, SSA Midwest-West regional commissioner told employees in a call Thursday, according to Federal News Network (FNN).

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“I know this probably sounds very foreign to you — it did to me as well — and not what we are used to, but we are in different times now,” she added.

The SSA’s last press release, which was posted March 27 on the website, denied reports that local field offices may be closing. It also features a link to an inactive social media account for the agency that encouraged website viewers to follow the press office on X, which is owned by close Trump adviser and donor Elon Musk.

(Last I checked, X costs $32/ yr to join. And that goes to help Musk support his 14 kids.)

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5245029-social-security-administration-social-platform-x-releases/