Thursday, March 20, 2025

How are people are disappearing from government websites

People applying for grants and certificates using the Small Business Administration's website used to see a photograph of a group of people of varying ages, genders, and skin tones smiling in front of a white board. In mid-February, the SBA removed the image from its website, documents shared with NPR show. A person with knowledge of the SBA's website update said the minor task of removing the photo was strangely urgent.

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... "If someone says stop everything, do this specifically ... it's reserved for just instances where there's like a system failure" said the person, who requested anonymity to share internal documentation fearing reprisal. "To have an immediate deployment of ... a visual change is very, very uncommon."

SBA did not respond to NPR's requests for comment. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-20 01:24 AM

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