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People complain about being annoyed by amber alerts on their phones anyway
Complaining about a loud irrelevant thing is different from not wanting it.
"Stat tuned for an important Government Announcement!"
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This is what happens when governments rely on a private corporate service for public announcements
Every government should just adopt a fediverse instance of some sort, maintain it and push that to everyone to use as a public announcement service. That way it would not be controlled, manipulated, lost or disconnected if they had full control over it all the time.
This is a solved problem
Shit catches fire in Australia and we get text messages.
Our phones in America get amber alerts and extreme weather notifications too, so idk what this article is on about
Someone elaenin the thread posted a screenshot. The Amber alert in CA basically just said it was an alert and a bit.ly link to Twitter for info.
Why the fuck doesn't California actually include the info on the alert itself like I've always gotten anywhere else? That's the actual question. Every alert I have received in AZ has had all relevant info for the alert in the alert itself, never just a link elsewhere.
Did you try reading it?
The government uses EAS and WEA to disseminate alerts. Both are government-operated systems that are not controlled, manipulated, lost, or disconnected by third parties. The AMBER alert in question was delivered via both EAS and WEA.
The Xhitter avenue (along with every other major social media platform) is what they refer to as a "secondary distributor".
According to the article, that was not done in this case, hence the article.
Yes, that is the claim I'm looking to verify. Is that claim accurate?
You can view past alerts you have received. On android phones, Settings > Notifications > Wireless Emergency Alerts > Emergency alert history. (or just search for "Amber"). One screenshot can easily prove or disprove the article's claim.
Again, if this is actually what happened, it indicates a problem not just with CHP, but also with EAS and WEA for not ensuring the requested alert message included the emergency content.
Post with a screenshot someone posted elsewhere in the thread. California sent the alert out in the shittiest way possible. It's not the system itself, it's how California is choosing to do it. I've never had any emergency alerts here in AZ be remotely this useless.
Yes this happened to me and my wife.
Alert came in one the phone (screaming at us really) then when you clicked on the notification. Bam blocked because we didn't have a twitter account.
Can you share a screenshot of the alert? If it's an android phone, you can find historical alerts under "Settings".
Huh that's interesting. Never knew that.
Oh good, the X link is hidden behind a broken Bitly link. WTF are these people even thinking? Who is in charge of this? Such levels of incompetence should be grounds for firing.
Just make that account bro🤡
No
That's because conservatives are pedophiles who sex-traffic children.
I don't X anyways. All notifications are blocked.
You would have gotten this one, because it was a Wireless Emergency Alert, not a Xhitter notification.
Elon Musk hates Americans, pass it on.
this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2025
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