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The records obtained by both news organizations reveal that DFPS officials told employees not to communicate about cases via email or text — even with families under investigation. Agency officials informed workers they would receive case assignments pertaining to the directive over the phone, according to the Tribune.
“Everyone you need to stay off social media with any opinions based on the following,” one supervisor said in an email cited by theAbbott's order and DFPS's subsequent investigations have drawn national condemnation from medical experts, including U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, whoblasted the non-binding legal opinion by Texas' Republican Attorney General on which Abbott based his order, saying it"warped" reality by citing debunked research and falsehoods.
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