India, April 12 -- Reports about the Social Security Administration (SSA) firing its staffers, and ditching press releases to move all of the agency's communication to X, platform formerly known as Twitter, surfaced on Friday. Federal News Network (FNN) cited sources to report that SSA's Midwest-West regional commissioner briefed employees about the change.

"The agency will be using X to communicate to the press and the public - formerly known as Twitter," FNN quoted Kerr-Davis as saying. "This will become our communication mechanism."

The publication added that SSA's communication staff is in crisis due to reassignments in front-facing roles at field offices across the country.

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