Follow
uspol, alerts
What I'm most impressed about, positively or negatively, is that the presidential alert test actually worked even half as well as it did. Last time they tried a national test that involved actually notifying the the public, it failed miserably.
Trump's taking the blame/credit, but he did nothing.
uspol, alerts
Ah, it *was* Dubya, but much later than I remembered. The FCC mandated it in order to comply with the WARN Act back in 2007: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Emergency_Alerts
uspol, alerts
ALERT!
THIS IS NOT AN ALERT!
... actually, that would make a decent techno baseline... THE CHEAT!! BREAK OUT THE GLOWSTICKS AND HIT THAT SWITCH!!!
uspol, alerts
I'm pretty sure we can thank, not Trump (hard as that may be to accept), but Dubya Bush for the unblockable Presidential Alert part of the Emergency Alerts feature.
It's been in cell phones for many, many years, and I'm certain it was part of the aftermath of That Day.