Social Security Website Crashes as DOGE-Linked Disruption at the Agency Continues
gizmodo.com
Elon Musk's organization has been monkeying with America's retirement system, with no positive results so far.

Summary

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is investigating recent outages on its “My Social Security” website, which blocked millions from accessing benefits.

The crashes follow policy changes shifting retirees online and reducing phone support. Elon Musk has been monkeying with America’s retirement system, with no positive results so far.

Musk falsely claimed 40% of SSA calls are fraudulent, fueling criticism. While SSA denies permanent office closures, it admitted to downsizing certain sites.

  • greenfire@lemmings.worldEnglish
    30·
    14 days ago

    Move fast & kill Granny before she bankrupts the US government by taking her Social Security payments /s

    • chaogomu@lemmy.world
      18·
      14 days ago

      Except Social Security is not in danger of bankrupting the government. Sort of.

      See, Republicans have been raiding Social Security for petty cash for decades so that they could give rich assholes another tax break and still fund their endless wars.

      But that money needs to go back. Whenever some asshole says that Social Security is x amount short, that’s money that’s owed to the American people,