https://thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-moves-plane-crash-press-updates-x-twitter/
It's a total grift; forcing agencies to subscribe to a private profit-making platform owned by the guy who part-runs the agency responsible for 'governmental efficiency'.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Saturday said it will stop e-mailing news organizations and reporters with updates about two plane crashes that occurred earlier this week.
Moving forward, the federal agency tasked with investigating transportation-related accidents and disasters said news organizations and reporters will have to follow the agency’s official account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, where “all NTSB updates about news conferences or other investigative information” will be posted moving forward.
It's a total grift; forcing agencies to subscribe to a private profit-making platform owned by the guy who part-runs the agency responsible for 'governmental efficiency'.