Employees of the Social Security Department (SSA) were informed on Thursday morning that new laws prohibit access to the “public news” websites, including the report on the so -called efforts of the Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DOGE).
In an email reviewed by Wired and addressed to “All SSA employees” from a mailing list called “Internal Communications”, the agency informed employees that “implementing additional restrictions on categories of government -prohibited websites. Today, March 6, 2025, the categories include: Online Shopping and Sports.”
The email did not specify which websites were specifically blocked. However, Wired has confirmed with two sources inside SSA that Wired.com is no longer available today, though it was previously available.
The sources also confirmed that the Washington Post, New York Times and MSNBC websites were unavailable. However, these sources were able to access other news websites, including Politico and Axios.
“Local news is blocked,” “A source in SSA, which was awarded to him for fear of punishment.” So if there is a local shooting or something I can’t see. “
It is unclear who executed the block list or what criteria have been used to collect it, but it seems that it is not based on ideological reasons, as Fox News and Brittbert have also been blocked.
On Friday, weeks after installing DOGE engineers in SSA, the agency announced it plans to reduce 7,000 employees. Many of the most senior agency employees have resigned. This includes Michel King, a former SSA commissioner, who has had decades of experience in the agency. He was replaced by a medium -level employee, claiming to have been replaced by Wired, who was punished by King for helping DOGE engineers on arrival. Maskak and Donald Trump also continued to conspire the theory that millions of people continue to collect social security benefits, despite the fact that these claims have been lost.
Hours after sending an initial email about blocking news sites, some employees received other emails from their managers who provide instructions on how to deactivate the news on the Landing Edge page. This was not a necessity, but a recommendation to help employees from temptation clicking on news links, the source that received this email.
Those who were trying to visit Wired.com were welcomed with a page that was more welcomed in the initial email. He also mentioned a “URL credit” score, although it is unclear where the score will be produced, or to bear access to the site. Based on the images observed by Wired, various blocked news websites were given different scores.
SSA employees typically use computers with Microsoft’s edge as an internet browser. According to several sources in SSA, the default landing page in that browser is set to show news titles.
