SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
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The letters and press releases were a crucial communications tool for SSA employees. It could also impact people receiving benefits who rely on the letters for information about access benefits. “Do they really expect senior citizens will join this platform?” asked one current employee.
I’m 78 and have been active on various social media platforms for years, but I’ve never tried Twitter or X. I know how to sign up, but I just don’t have any interest in joining.
Forcing the most reliable voting demographic onto a privately owned neo-nazi propaganda platform for agency news is equivalent to Goebbels’ Third Reich nazi radio distribution.
I'm the only one in our town of senior folks that has social media. My husband refuses to join the poisoning. He believes it's evil and ruins society. My neighbor's just won't waste time with it. We have so little time left in the grand scheme of things.
Senior citizens can be web savvy, we shouldn't dismiss them all there. But how many swastika posts and N word posts are we going to subject them too? Because that platform has no moderation and is a hate fest. Putting the SS in SS.
I called my Rep Abe Hamade (R) & voiced my SSA concerns & asked how he would address them. The staffer didn't have a direct answer but that because anyone can call (fair) I should contact him through his site since it requires an address be entered in.
Here's his link and what I said (next post)
Wait, they will require beneficiaries to have an account on a private social media (one on which I will not willingly ever set virtual foot on ever again)??
So if I’ve been banned from X, how do I get to see this information? I’m thinking a 50 billion dollar lawsuit is in order. (I’m pretending to act like Trump)
What about the people who hurt Musk's feelings and get banned? What about people who've never joined Twitter/X?
What about people who don't use/ have computers?
Elon Musk, who is leading the charge to radically reduce the size of the federal workforce on behalf of President Trump, bought X (then Twitter) in October 2022. The platform has for years battled the spread of misinformation.
I’m not joining that 💩site.
200 million X users impacted by a security breach in Jan 2025, that was published on Apr 3 2025, due to a vulnerability identified in 2022 that was never fixed. But, hey, let’s put all govt communications on X.
It stopped battling misinformation in 2022, don't play along with his pretence at being a free speech advocate. One of the first things he did was shut down Turkeys political opposition which Twitter had successfully fought against for years.
Well, if car buyers are reluctant to buy cars from a guy who gives multiple enthusiastic Nazi salutes, he is going to have to find some other way to replace the income, and monetizing his role in dismantling our government is his Plan B
"The platform has for years battled the spread of misinformation."
WRONG. INSTEAD:
"Prior to Musk's purchase, the platform had battled for years against the spread of misinformation. After his purchase, those efforts ceased, with disinformation amplified and Musk himself being the worst offender."
The platform doesn’t battle misinformation it spreads it, and Nazi hate, and white nationalism. It’s shit all the way around and what info will they post that wouldn’t be on the website. DOGE missed another Musk ripoff oh, I forgot, that’s the feature.
Try the ACLU.
They blamed me for their communication failures. They could have literally prevented all this. But they blamed me while begging for money on things they did decades ago.
More than enough. This is so outrageous. The fact that one of the dumbest people in Congress just pulled a major Martha Stewart, and brags about it should be kicked out.
Mandates that all federal electronic and info tech be accessible to people with disabilities.
If SSA comms are in a format not compliant such as certain types of content on X that lack alt text or other assistive elements, they would be non-compliant.
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in any federal program.
SSA is required to ensure equal access to its services, including communications in accessible formats (e.g., large print, braille) and those w/o internet.
So senior citizens now have to rely on Twitter or NaziX to secure the HIPPA medical information… #FuckElonMusk
The #Truth about Elon Musk in 5 words. This website says the quiet part about Elon without saying the quiet part out loud… for all American 🇺🇸 Patriots
I think that perhaps they were trying to say that TWITTER HAD battled for years the spread of disinformation. Clearly, X is all about promoting disinformation and throttling opposing views.
The crusade is to eliminate everyone they view as freeloading or without “merit”. Disabled people, elderly people, people not born into the “right” families or with the “right” ethnicity…
Crying is NOT going to help. We need to move against this takeover with all we've got. Protest, March, call, write, email, donate, holler at the top of your lungs!
I'm doing my best. I live near DC. I hand delivered a letter to all 4 Republican reps from my home state where my parents live. I don't know if they ever read it.
Hopefully,that's a typo on Wired's part "battled the spread of misinformation"? X IS the definition of that.Wired better do some quick damage control on that one before it loses any credibility it may have had! Bad enough I thought the announcement was a JOKE!Then to read that- more than I can take!
Hours later, the agency responded to the Wired report with a post on X: “This is false. Social Security will continue to communicate through any and all mediums.”
The epitome of cynicism: Elon Musk claims to be shocked by the level of Tesla hate—conveniently forgetting the litany of scandals under his watch, from racial discrimination to sexual harassment allegations in Tesla factories https://www.aol.com/elon-musk-says-hes-shocked-175537123.html
Forcing people to create accounts on his shitty toxic fascist platform. Not to mention a total conflict of interests, not that that matters with this utterly corrupt regime.
Plus Musk has been terminating people’s accounts when they hurt his feelings. There has to be a law saying you can’t ban people from accessing government communications.
No, there was a misinfo/ disinfo problem years before. They only introduced a way to report it about a year or so before the purchase. Which Elon promptly dismantled.
Or, given that we all agree the platform *hosts* misinformation, they could be including users and their blocking as part of the battle and not just the company.
Jack allowed Nazis to build up a healthy beachhead before being convinced to ban some accounts. It was an active disinformation platform before it was handed to Elon with his blessing.
Especially since the owner of the platform who is also the guy trying to decide which people deserve their benefits can BLOCK YOU if you're mean to him. Is he going to stop SS payments if you insult him on HIS platform?
This is absurdly pathetic, cruel and completely unsurprising-step 1 of Musk’s goal for all govt payments to run thru X, including SS if they continue to exist. Hope we can rely on media and others to share info. Never going back to X. Hell can freeze over. Congress pls help!!
I am not on Twitter, never have been, never will be. This is a blatant attempt to get naive seniors onto a right-wing propaganda platform. I am a senior, but even I am not that stupid.
Hours later, the agency responded to the Wired report with a post on X: “This is false. Social Security will continue to communicate through any and all mediums.”
The plan of Project 2025 and its Billionaire Proponents all along has been to burn it all down - with only Dictatorship to remain.
BUT EVIL ALWAYS PLANTS THE SEEDS OF ITS OWN DESTRUCTION.
THERE WILL BE A RECKONING!
I'm *suure* this is completely unrelated to X advertiser & user #s falling off a cliff...
& I'm *suure* this isn't a conflict of interest at ALL, given FElon owns X & is who initiated those cuts to the SSA workforce that provided communications...on official gov't sites, not a privately held one...
I got no letter from SS about this. Will they no longer be sending us letters about changes? That's my question. Anyone else get a letter? They ALWAYS send letters about changes.
Hours later, the agency responded to the Wired report with a post on X: “This is false. Social Security will continue to communicate through any and all mediums.”
Tell that to Jon Stewart who said Dems used that word too much. I agree with you. I am so disgusted with my GOP house rep who claimed that the Trump budget does not cut Social Security or Medicare. I asked who was more important- her constituents or her donors and MAGA dominated party
Cool. I’m really looking forward to explaining to my parents that the realSocialSecurityHe1p account they shared their back account and SSNs with is actually a guy in Russia.
My husband gripes all the time about all the hoops and security protocols he has to do for the government (his company does software that has government clients) just for the government to not fucking do the same.
This point exactly, X is not a reliable source of information. Even the savviest of us can’t always discern what’s real or true. Government communication cannot come from X.
@wired.com has become a pretty incredible bastion of government reporting in recent months, while many other outlets have taken a nosedive. Thank you all for meeting the moment—it’s this kind of media pressure that actually gets them to back off crazy stuff like this.
This is fricking bullshit! WTF? How the hell can they even allow this to happen? I don't have X, and I don't want it, and SS shouldn't even be on it! I'm so pissed 🤬
It has been a thought in my mind from the start of DOGE that his true agenda was to put the trillions of dollars paid out by the federal government under the umbrella of X. Doing so would generate a % processing fee and make hundreds of billions a year from the government.
Cool. Elon can send my 81 year old uncle a free PC or smart device installed with the X app, an internet subscription, and have Geeksquad or someone show up to set up the wifi, re-setup the email account that he can't get into anymore, setup and teach him how to use all of that.
My sarcasm was not read as sarcasm one too many times. And I haven’t been in it since he bought the thing. I went to deactivate my account the other day and had a surprise. Hahaha
How is this not a giant conflict of interest? This is not an official government site. Elon does now "own" social security. This is utter fucking crap.
This is wrong on so many levels. Besides those who are not currently on X and would be forced to use it or are incapable of accessing it ie. no wifi etc. what about people who have been banned or suspended?
When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton reportedly said "Because that's where the money is..."
It's no different today. Musk, Trump and the GOP Mafia are coming to steal your grandma's Medicare payment, your disabled cousin's SSI benefits and the orphans' survivor checks.
So we're all forced to use Elon's shitty, failing, Nazi-filled platform? Remember when government wasn't allowed to pick winners and losers? I sure do.
People will have to wait 9 years for an appt with the single remaining employee and then travel the single remaining office in Twitter HC to submit documents in person.
He'll probably start requiring us to like every single one of his tweets or we won't be able to collect SSI.
Why the f*** is a crucial government department allowed to communicate only through mu$k's s***** app? These a🕳️s need to be taken to court. This is coercion.
@democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social every democrat should leave X now. As should anyone who is against what this regime is doing and plans to do! Resist getting your government delivered information via X!
@nbcnews.com @cnn.com @cbsnews.com @msnbc.com what’s the line before you flat out say the admin is moving to state media and beginning today we will call out this radical behavior and damage to America.
Leave it all - No TikTok, No Facebook, No Twitter (X), No Instagram, No Amazon Prime, No new iPhone, no fascist bullshit. It’s easier to quit than you think!
wtaf...is this another government contract Musk as locked down for his business empire? is the ssa using the same business x service the saudis are paying for?
Excellent comment and so true! I read last year from someone in Europe, that the oligarchs there were discussing ways they could remove our rights. It chilled me to the bone hearing that
You mean the infinitely secure, friendly, safe space that is X?
I'm sure seniors will enjoy the limitless supply of rage, misogyny, and an unhealthy obsession with chief cheeto.
What could possibly go wrong with internet illiterate seniors on a site filled with scam artists able to buy checks looking for info on what to do with their social security data.
👆🏾👇🏾”EXCLUSIVA: La Administración del Seguro Social (SSA) trasladará toda su comunicación pública exclusivamente a X, según fuentes a WIRED. Esto ocurre mientras la agencia planea reducir su personal en oficinas regionales en aproximadamente un 90 %.”
Hey, could be worse: Trump could mandate that all government communication be posted exclusively on Truth Social! But seriously, it can't possibly be legal to single out one platform for *public* communication. Who's suing on behalf of, well, Bluesky?
My fear is that they'll release the personal information of those receiving any form of government assistance, so that they can terrorize them in their own homes.
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So if for some reason this actually goes through and isn’t stopped by lawsuits…why wouldn’t the next Dem President kill the contract of this and all the other grifts they’re doing?
Pretty convinced if a Dem ran on completely untangling the govt from Elon and other oligarchs, they’d win soundly.
Yeah, that's going to get interesting. Also, if that's the case, then Xitter needs to become a .gov domain, AND by law needs to be subject to the same rules and regulations of all federal government sites. I want to see MASSIVE lawsuits from this bullshit.
Like we really want to give him anymore information for him to sell! This feels controlling to me too! He’s Not our government and we don’t want muck mucking about with us anymore
I’m not very phone savvy and I accidentally went onto a maga site. They thought i was a reporter, probably bc i can spell. Once i texted how i felt about tramp, they weren’t friendly anymore. Like they’d have anything relevant to say anyway, lol
Oh prefect my 89 and 87 year old in laws are well versed in X that is going to work out really well. Except for a tiny problem, they don't have a cell phone and they don't use a computer. Morons, and Congress is sitting there just allowing all of this. I sure hope seniors still vote
This is all about voter suppression and killing off the seniors, the poor, the weak I have a better idea of it. It’s illegal to talk about it. I have to laugh about these petitions to ask did Trump manipulate the market? Trump is going to cheat at everything he does his goals to kill Americans
We can make it happen together. Urge everyone you know to stop using Twitter. Urge every country to ban Twitter or heavily fine Twitter. Demand classes for all students to teach media literacy, anti disinformation and counteract the harm social media algorithms do.
My mother can't text, and she still writes me letters to tell me what a disappointment I am since I am not maga. There is no way she will be able to use twitter.
Omg lol laughing but crying at the same time. I gave up on my mom (politically). Love her, but can't fix her. I tell her to just worry about her health. Nothing else.
He has to get new users somehow. Being basically compelled by the government to join a nazi/porn/propaganda site if you want information about your money seems pretty on-brand for this regime.
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Here's his link and what I said (next post)
What about people who don't use/ have computers?
This is totally ridiculous and wrong.
The full scoop here:
200 million X users impacted by a security breach in Jan 2025, that was published on Apr 3 2025, due to a vulnerability identified in 2022 that was never fixed. But, hey, let’s put all govt communications on X.
It stopped battling misinformation in 2022, don't play along with his pretence at being a free speech advocate. One of the first things he did was shut down Turkeys political opposition which Twitter had successfully fought against for years.
Guys, the current owner of Twitter uses it regularly and aggressive to lie and encourage the spread of misinformation.
WRONG. INSTEAD:
"Prior to Musk's purchase, the platform had battled for years against the spread of misinformation. After his purchase, those efforts ceased, with disinformation amplified and Musk himself being the worst offender."
They blamed me for their communication failures. They could have literally prevented all this. But they blamed me while begging for money on things they did decades ago.
@aclu.org @aapd-disability.bsky.social @aarporegon.bsky.social @ndrnadvocates.bsky.social @dredf.bsky.social @medicarerights.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social @thedemcoalition.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social
2. Lack of Opportunity to Respond or Appeal
If benefit changes, eligibility updates, or deadlines are posted, individuals:
May not see them
Cannot formally respond through a legal channel
May miss deadlines
—all clear due process violation.
Goldberg v. Kelly (1970): Recipients are entitled to a hearing before termination of benefits.
Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank (1950)
Mathews v. Eldridge (1976): Balance of gov. interests with individual due process rights, especially in SSA disability benefit cases.
3. Inconsistent Recordkeeping
Posts on X can be deleted, edited, or misinterpreted.
There's no guaranteed permanent, authenticated record, which undermines an individual's ability to challenge decisions based on what was communicated.
1. Lack of Reliable Notice
Posting updates only to X does not ensure affected individuals will actually receive the notice.
Courts have ruled notice must be “reasonably calculated” to inform the person (see Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank, 1950).
Providing official notices by mail (or through secure online portals)
Holding hearings with the right to appeal decisions
Maintaining clear records of what’s communicated, when, and how.
Social Security benefits (retirement, disability, SSI) are considered a property interest once a person qualifies.
The government cannot take away or alter that property interest without proper notice and an opportunity to respond.
X does not provide SSA with sufficient visibility or control over data handling, logs, or incident response mechanisms.
SSA would lack forensic auditability if misinfo or impersonation occurs, creating unacceptable risk under NIST guidelines.
Agencies must protect information throughout its life cycle.
Requires risk-based frameworks for 3rd-party systems used for public service delivery or info sharing.
Is there a formal risk assessment or mitigation plan?
Governs how agencies collect, maintain, use, and disseminate personally identifiable info (PII).
If SSA doesn’t clearly warn against posting PII or fails to moderate/respond appropriately, it could be seen as enabling a privacy breach.
Requires fed agencies to implement comprehensive info sec programs for all systems + 3rd party services.
If official announcements or sensitive comms are exposed to tampering, impersonation, or hijacking it could violate FISMA compliance.
Prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in any program receiving federal financial assistance.
If comms are posted only in English on a fast-paced, exclusionary platform could exclude Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals
Mandates that all federal electronic and info tech be accessible to people with disabilities.
If SSA comms are in a format not compliant such as certain types of content on X that lack alt text or other assistive elements, they would be non-compliant.
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in any federal program.
SSA is required to ensure equal access to its services, including communications in accessible formats (e.g., large print, braille) and those w/o internet.
It legally requires the SSA to provide individuals “reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing” when making decisions that affect benefits.
Many people might never see notice - the elderly, disabled, or those without reliable internet
"The platform has for years battled the spread of misinformation." Come on, @wired.com, just stop. Where are your editors?
Rolling Stone
"The tech billionaire always had a problem with telling the truth — now he has an entire social network built on lies"
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-twitter-misinformation-timeline-1235076786/
The #Truth about Elon Musk in 5 words. This website says the quiet part about Elon without saying the quiet part out loud… for all American 🇺🇸 Patriots
https://www.HeIsAdick.com
The crusade is to eliminate everyone they view as freeloading or without “merit”. Disabled people, elderly people, people not born into the “right” families or with the “right” ethnicity…
no it hasn't? battled how?
https://bsky.app/profile/myshkin11.bsky.social/post/3lmld74ote227
Social Security
@SocialSecurity
7:45 PM · Apr 11, 2025
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https://x.com/SocialSecurity/status/1910841666870653128
X is a corrupt, propaganda outlet by/for Musk
Hang on. WIRED is doing some great reporting, and I appreciate it. But Twitter/X did what now?!?
That was never true. Even before Elon, that was never true.
#StayVigilant_WeComeFromStrongStock
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Social Security
@SocialSecurity
7:45 PM · Apr 11, 2025
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That’s a feature, not a bug.
is a myth
BUT EVIL ALWAYS PLANTS THE SEEDS OF ITS OWN DESTRUCTION.
THERE WILL BE A RECKONING!
& I'm *suure* this isn't a conflict of interest at ALL, given FElon owns X & is who initiated those cuts to the SSA workforce that provided communications...on official gov't sites, not a privately held one...
Have fun in The Thunder Dome SSA and tell them who really runs Bartertown
Read it from the horse's mouth.
https://x.com/SocialSecurity/status/1910841666870653128
Since muskrat hacked SSA I've been to afraid to even log in.
Social Security
@SocialSecurity
7:45 PM · Apr 11, 2025
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https://www.youtube.com/@SocialSecurityWorks/videos
Now whut
I'm so sick of this shit🤬
T
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Why.
Clearly the government doesn’t give a shit about security.
F this! F this! F this!
None of my HH clients have an X account - nor do they want one.
Someone challenge this please!!!
Quick question though.
What happens if you are banned from X for calling the piece of shit nazi in charge an inbred goatfucking mushroom dicked peado?
Asking for my mum.
What the fuck is going on?!?
Aside from the fact that X is an abomination, most people on SS are not on social media and shouldn't have to be forced onto its platform.
#StandUpAmerica #NoKings
It's no different today. Musk, Trump and the GOP Mafia are coming to steal your grandma's Medicare payment, your disabled cousin's SSI benefits and the orphans' survivor checks.
Common thieves.
Such BS.
He'll probably start requiring us to like every single one of his tweets or we won't be able to collect SSI.
https://bsky.app/profile/cristinagargoyl.bsky.social/post/3lmgcrm5ajs2q
This should work out REALLY well. 🙄
I sense a class action lawsuit in the making.
They’re only just making it harder for people to access their money.
Just like they are making it harder for people to vote
They are cartoonishly corrupt and I hope they see real consequences very very soon
I'm sure seniors will enjoy the limitless supply of rage, misogyny, and an unhealthy obsession with chief cheeto.
https://www.donaldlovesvladimir.com/join-the-resistance
Pretty convinced if a Dem ran on completely untangling the govt from Elon and other oligarchs, they’d win soundly.
Genuine question
Grifters going to grift.
Smokey the bear 🐻 is crying
Who wants to do it for us?
HANDS UP! 🖐️