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Mayor Cherelle Parker’s new citywide communications policy hit a speed bump this week following public outcry over a clampdown on libraries’ social media postings.

In an unusually coordinated show, dozens of branches called out the Parker administration on social media, warning of anticipated announcement slowdowns.

Parker spokesperson Joe Grace tells Axios the city’s communication policy had been misread.

“We’re not going to be involved in reviewing or approving regular, daily issues” at libraries, he says. “Our policy hasn’t changed. I think it was a misinterpretation.”