White House says it hasn't told agencies to stop tweeting

The White House denied it has directed federal agencies to stop using social media, saying new restrictions on communications have instead come from within those agencies themselves. “There's nothing that has come from the White House. Absolutely not,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said. "There are a couple of these agencies that have had problems adhering to their own policies.” “They haven’t been directed by us to do anything,” he said. Since President Trump took office, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been told not to tweet or communicate with the media while the agency reviews its public relations strategy. The Interior Department was also reportedly instructed to stop operating its Twitter accounts following a couple of National Park Service tweets about the size of Trump’s inauguration crowd.