Visitors on public tours to the White House can now take photos and post to social media, First Lady Michelle Obama said Wednesday.
In a video posted to her Instagram account, she is shown tearing apart a White House sign saying “no photos or social media allowed.”
“Visitors are now able to take photos and keep those memories for a lifetime!” Obama wrote in her post. The White House is also encouraging visitors to share photos on social media with the hashtag #WhiteHouseTour.
The announcement overturns a four-decade ban on visitors taking photos on public tours. Video cameras, flash photography and live-streaming remain banned. The new policy doesn’t change restrictions on access for press photographers, which have long caused tensions between the Obama Administration and photographers at news organizations.
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