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Social Security Administration staffers can no longer read the news at work.

Workers are now barred from browsing general news, online shopping, and sports websites on government devices, unless they get an exception for a legitimate business need, according to an email to SSA employees obtained by Rolling Stone.

Apparently this will help “better protect the sensitive information entrusted to us in our many systems,” which might include some of the same systems the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has reportedly tried to access.

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