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.
See the First Tourist Instagrams Taken at the White House
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