Don't Hide Transportation Safety Data on Musk's Website

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has just made a dangerous and irresponsible decision: It will no longer distribute critical transportation safety updates via email or other widely accessible platforms. Instead, the agency is forcing reporters and the public to rely on Elon Musk’s failing social media site, X (formerly Twitter), for information about plane crashes and other disasters.

In an official post, the NTSB announced: "For media covering the airplane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia—all NTSB updates about news conferences or other investigative information will be posted to this X account. We will not be distributing information via email."

This move is not about transparency or efficiency—it’s about driving traffic to Musk’s struggling platform, which has been in a steep decline since he took over in 2022. By restricting public safety updates to a single, unreliable social media site, the NTSB is prioritizing Musk’s business interests over public access to life-saving information.

To make matters worse, X now requires users to be logged in to view posts, meaning anyone seeking urgent safety updates will be forced to create an account and share personal data just to access public information. That’s completely unacceptable—government agencies should not be funneling Americans onto private platforms that limit access and compromise privacy.

The American people deserve open and accessible communication about transportation safety—not a system that locks critical updates behind unnecessary barriers. We call on the NTSB to immediately reverse this policy and ensure that safety updates are widely available through email, official government websites, and other accessible platforms.

Sign the petition to demand that transportation safety data remain public and transparent—not hidden behind Musk’s social media restrictions.