IPAWS National Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on September 20, 2018. The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 p.m. EDT, and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 p.m. EDT. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether improvements are needed. The WEA test message will be sent to cell phones that are connected to wireless providers participating in WEA. This is the fourth EAS nationwide test and the first national WEA test. Previous EAS national tests were conducted in November 2011, September 2016, and September 2017 in collaboration with the FCC, broadcasters, and emergency management officials in recognition of FEMA's National Preparedness Month.
[...] Cell towers will broadcast the WEA test for approximately 30 minutes beginning at 2:18 p.m. EDT. During this time, WEA compatible cell phones that are switched on, within range of an active cell tower, and whose wireless provider participates in WEA should be capable of receiving the test message. Some cell phones will not receive the test message, and cell phones should only receive the message once. The WEA test message will have a header that reads "Presidential Alert" and text that says:
"THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed."
The WEA system is used to warn the public about dangerous weather, missing children, and other critical situations through alerts on cell phones. The national test will use the same special tone and vibration as with all WEA messages (i.e. Tornado Warning, AMBER Alert). Users cannot opt out of the WEA test. If circumstances, such as a major weather event, cause the IPAWS National Test to be postponed, the back-up date is Wednesday, October 3, 2018.
Also at Engadget.
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What to Expect From the Wireless Emergency Alert Test Wednesday:
The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System on Wednesday will send a test message to everyone using a phone in the US that runs on a network operated by a carrier participating in the the Wireless Emergency Alert system. You'll know you've gotten the message if the header reads "Presidential Alert."
The content of the message will also make it clear you've received the test message. "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed," it'll read. If you've ever received an Amber Alert on your phone, the WEA test might look similar. That's because both types of messages are sent through the same Federal Emergency Management Agency system.
[...] The test message will be sent at 11:18 a.m. PT/2:18 p.m. ET on Wednesday, though FEMA says it might take a few minutes for the test to make it to all phones. Your phone may alert you that the test message has arrived in a slightly different manner than normal text notifications, FEMA says. "WEA includes a special tone (some describe it as quite loud) and a vibration, both repeated twice," according to a description on the FEMA website.
[...] The WEA test will be followed by a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, which is a similar message that will be played over broadcast radio and television stations, at 11:20 a.m. PT/2:20 p.m. ET. Both tests were originally planned for Sept. 20 but were postponed until Oct. 3 because of Hurricane Florence.
Previously: FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell Phones on Sept. 20 (or Oct. 3)
A new lawsuit filed in New York is seeking to stop the implementation of FEMA's new "Presidential Alert" messaging system, an alert used for national emergencies that can be deployed by President Trump. Plaintiffs in Manhattan are suing Mr. Trump and FEMA Administrator Brock Long, claiming the alert system is a "violation of Americans' First and Fourth Amendment rights to be free from Government-compelled listening, as well as warrantless, non-consensual trespass into and seizure of their cellular devices."
Plaintiffs compare the alert system to "hijacking private property for the purpose of planting a Government-controlled loudspeaker in the home and on the person of every American." This new presidential alert is nationwide and only used for advance warning of national crises.
According to FEMA, the alert is not a text or SMS (short message service) but an audio and text warning that will display as a notification across a user's cellphone -- similar to the ones carriers receive during Amber Alerts and weather emergencies.
Previously: FEMA Emergency Test Message to be Sent to Most U.S. Cell Phones on Sept. 20 (or Oct. 3)
What to Expect From the U.S. Wireless Emergency Alert Test Today
(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:21PM
"Not a scam, we swear." - FEMA, FCC.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:24PM (15 children)
when will they start spamming us with "Amber Alterts" ????
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:44PM (6 children)
Every time a child goes missing anywhere in the US. Think of the children, citizen.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @09:24PM (4 children)
you DO realize that 10x as many children get lost in perpetuity in the US than in, say, germany, yes? citing from memory after doing a few days worth of research for a presentation on the topic a few years ago. So, yeah man, you should think of the children.. and if you figure out what's happening to them, please share!
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday September 15 2018, @10:45PM (1 child)
Considering that Germany is slightly smaller than Montana, one of 50 US states, that is not much of claim.
(Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Monday September 17 2018, @05:27AM
Germany also has over 80 million people. That's around a quarter of the US population.
Having one tenth the lost kids might actually be a decent claim given the population ratio.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @11:34PM
It's most likely that one of those lard-assed 400 pound Americans sat on them. They are truly lost in perpetuity.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by fakefuck39 on Monday September 17 2018, @04:24AM
I used to live in a 3 story house. I then moved into a highrise downtown. Little did I know, this building uses 100x the energy of my old building. I thought it was gas heating vs electric, but apparently it's the same issue in the summer.
interesting that in a few days of research you didn't discover countries like romania/poland/serbia/etc. what's more interesting - you type up bullshit apparent to anyone but people as retarded as you, but in about 1 minute of research, you could have made the same point backed up by facts:
EU as a whole has double the population of the USA, and 1/3 to half (depending on source) of the yearly missing children cases. So the average for EU is about 5 times less per capita than US. I guess you could have just really wanted that 10x number so you used a short bus example, but I think more likely you just rode the short bus.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @04:10AM
And those Amber Alerts are usually about child custody. Ex-husband takes kid and Mom freaks out. Next thing you know, everyone's phone is buzzing about a white Subaru.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Whoever on Sunday September 16 2018, @01:29AM (6 children)
Under Android, you can turn off amber alerts. You can turn off all alerts except for "Presidential Alerts".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @06:47AM (1 child)
Those can be turned off as well, just not through the design-flawed GUI. You need to edit a config file for that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @05:14AM
The design is apparently flawed by law, to prevent users from tuning out messages from the dear leader.
(Score: 2) by DavePolaschek on Monday September 17 2018, @12:43PM
You can on iOS, too. https://www.lifewire.com/turn-off-emergency-amber-alerts-iphone-1999203 [lifewire.com]
But not Presidential Alerts. Tim Cook has apparently rolled over for our Glorious Orange Overlord.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday September 17 2018, @05:16PM (2 children)
Hmmm... Then what's this checkbox beside the text "Show presidential alerts" in the cell broadcasts settings menu? Mine also has a blanket setting labeled "display emergency alert broadcasts" which would seem to allow opting out of absolutely all of them.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Tuesday September 18 2018, @02:27AM (1 child)
Obviously, I can't comment on what your phone does.
My phone has an unselectable (I hesitate to use the phrase "greyed out") checkbox next to "Presidential Alerts". You can touch this checkbox as much as you like, but it won't do anything.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday September 18 2018, @11:44AM
Interesting...mine can be unchecked.
I'm torn between wanting to disable them all to see if that works, and wanting to leave them all enabled to confirm if THAT works...'cause I don't have a clue. I've got AMBER alerts enabled too but I can't recall ever seeing one on this particular device...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @03:11AM
Right after the "No Collusion" message.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:25PM (4 children)
Thanks for the advance notice so I can keep my phone off for the afternoon.
Fuck them and their surveillance state. There is nothing they
(Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:28PM
I'm pretty sure broadcasting a message to every person on the network doesn't require surveillance. At least, no more surveillance than you already experience by carrying a phone in the first place.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:30PM (1 child)
The state are getting faster, this dissident didn't even finish his sentence.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:49PM
Quick indeed but he was about to write "*eL!_30*$*& NO CARRIER"
Account abandoned.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:45PM
There is nothing they *transmission terminated*
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:27PM (7 children)
Now the FEMA camp conspiracy comes full circle, who's going to be imprisoned now? Let's ask Alex Jones :P
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:49PM
Last I heard the frogs were turned gay so they'd be friendly to the white tower elites' "progressive" agenda, and since Louisiana has a higher % black population and is known for cooking frog I think they'll be #1 on the list.
"But the hurricane isn't even hitting us!"
"Come with us ma'am, it is for your own protection. From us. If you don't obey."
obligatory /s
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:59PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IM7kSXxOZI [youtube.com]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday September 16 2018, @12:14AM (3 children)
I'll tell you, Obama spent ONE BILLION DOLLARS of Taxpayer Money on FEMA Coffins. Otherwise known as Obama Coffins. Tremendous number of coffins. Believe me, we don't need that many coffins. Obama needed a lot of coffins because he was INCOMPETENT. And he's a smart guy, he knew he was incompetent.
Puerto Rico, they had 2 Hurricanes together. When I left the Island, AFTER the storms had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by, it went up a little. To 64. Officially it was 64, not a lot. Now they're saying 3000, that's a Fake Number, folks. Created by the Dems purely to make me look bad. And we just had Hurricane Florence, that one went to 11. We're doing an incredible job with that one. Our thoughts & prayers, as always, are with the families, with the survivors. foxnews.com/us/2018/09/15/florences-death-toll-is-now-at-least-11-soaking-rains-continue-to-fall.html [foxnews.com]
We don't need all those coffins because we have VERY STRONG & effective leadership -- me & my Cabinet. So I told Brock of FEMA -- great guy, handsome guy -- to look into, can we sell those coffins to Ivanka? To my beautiful daughter Ivanka. A fine, and very young, lady. And China gave her the trademark on the Ivanka Trump Coffin. People don't know this, there are more dead people in China than there are people in America. And a lot of those dead Chinese are big Ivanka fans. So hopefully we can work out a deal where everybody wins. Ivanka buys the coffins, that money goes to our National Debt. So important to cut that National Debt. The coffins go to China with Ivanka's beautiful face on them. The Chinese die happy. Big happiness in China. And Ivanka makes a little money to carry on her amazing work. Everybody wins!!!
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @06:57AM (2 children)
BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! *breathes* AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! *ow my sides* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
You should do stand up comedy. That's the funniest shit I've read all day.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday September 16 2018, @09:48PM (1 child)
Not forgetting our great @HouseGOP [twitter.com] and @SenateGOP [twitter.com] leaders, including @SpeakerRyan [twitter.com], @SenateMajLdr [twitter.com], @GOPLeader [twitter.com] Kevin McCarthy, @JohnCornyn [twitter.com] & @SteveScalise [twitter.com]. Fabulous guys, hard working guys. Who are so lucky I gave them that privilege to serve my agenda. The other choices weren't going to work out well for the Republican Party, I hate to tell you. #USA [twitter.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @03:04AM
Will this replace your twitter account?
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday September 16 2018, @06:19AM
Atascadero State Hospital in the San Joaquin Valley of California is big enough for all the residents of Manhattan.
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(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:37PM (6 children)
what use is a hurricane alert for the east coast when you live on the west coast?
Does the system send messages to any mobile in an area, on any carrier, or are the network operators involved?
"You don't get warning smses unless you're spending at least $50 a month"...
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1) by Acabatag on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:39PM (2 children)
My Boost Mobile plan is only $35. So I won't be getting this?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @03:31AM (1 child)
considering text messages are baked it into the carrier signals. yes you will.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Sunday September 16 2018, @04:54AM
I received an earlier Emergency Alert Test, and I got it despite the SIM being turned off ( Android ). I had it turned off because I was using the phone as an alarm clock, and I did not want some system update or some failed ad attempt to drain my phone battery overnight... as about once a week I don't seem to get my phone turned off enough and the battery is flat dead in the morning.
Helluva way to start the day with a dead battery inn the phone.
Now, I have two more phones, Androids, and they do not have sim cards. I am going to be very curious if THEY get the emergency broadcast. They are powered up, and are doing "tricorder" type stuff that I only am using the wifi for, without any links to the phone system.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday September 15 2018, @09:59PM
Forgot to add "/sarcasm (hopefully)"
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @02:48AM
"what use is a hurricane alert for the east coast when you live on the west coast?"
-
Some people travel.
Some people are mentally capable of understanding that others may have needs which are different from their own.
Some people are stupid and myopic, like you.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday September 16 2018, @06:22AM
about a hundred miles off the coasts of Oregon and Washington.
The resulting tsunami is estimated to be one hundred forty feet high when it hits Aberdeen and Astoria.
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(Score: 0, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday September 15 2018, @08:55PM (4 children)
The FAKE MSM is working so hard, trying to get me not to use Social Media. They hate that I can get the honest and unfiltered message out. Look what Fake News CNN did to Alex Jones & Infowars. Banned from Facebook, banned from YouTube, censored on iTunes. And now banned from Twitter. Because he told the truth! They call it DEPLATFORMED. And it can happen to me. You know they'd love to do it to me. Can you imagine Facebook banning me, Twitter banning me. They'd go out of business. And folks would get their News from the crooked failing @nytimes [twitter.com], @NBCNews [twitter.com], @ABC [twitter.com], @CBS [twitter.com] & @CNN [twitter.com]. Wet dream for Fake MSM. But, I have something to fall back on. The Emergency Alerts.
Don't worry, folks, I will not allow our great country to be sold out by anti-Trump haters in the dying newspaper industry. No matter how much they try to distract and cover it up, our country is making great progress under my leadership and I will NEVER EVER stop fighting for the American people!
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @09:07PM (2 children)
Hey at least you'll still have Soylentnews.
(Score: 0, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday September 15 2018, @11:28PM (1 child)
SoylentNews, they don't call it the ban. They call it the timeout corner. You said something we didn't like. Or, somebody used your cyber, the same cyber as you. And said something we don't agree with. Or something that upset our stomach. Go sit in the corner and shut up! And people write terrible things. The person that writes about rapeing so many babies, rapeing so many women. About breaking their bones and killing them. Very very not nice. Believe me, I don't want to see that one while I'm eating my KFC (I would never rape a baby). But, Spam Modders like @requerdanos put a Spam Mod on it. So bad cyber bans many many people. It's very dumb AI, it can't tell a baby rape tweet from anything else. So lots of folks get sent to the "timeout corner." Get banned. Which, possibly, is what the baby rape person wants. And I said -- and I wasn't the first to say it -- hold on, you're banning so many folks because of this one person -- probably one person. But the Spam Modder said, "oh, mod parent to oblivion." Because he only wants to read things he agrees with. And he chose the side of, let's ban people until I only see -- only read -- things I like.
Look what they did to @MyOpinion and @fakefuck39. They're tweeting with a ZERO Score. And for a little while @fakefuck39 was tweeting at -1. MINUS ONE. For saying, don't take too much Folic Acid because of Cancer. Very important message for the Health. And for saying the SoylentNews guys are White Trash -- very mean thing to say, very not nice. But, Minus One for that? And I was tweeting for weeks without my Bonus Score. Because I said, Chief Editor @janrinok lied. He said @aristarchus made a Fake Headline, it wasn't fake. It was from the story, the article about Hugo Awards. 100%. As anybody could see. If they looked they could see that, very easily. But, so many down mods for saying it!
And look what happened to @Aryanx277 and @Jondraper88. They write in their journals. But nobody sees it on the front, or Main Page. I call it the SHADOW BAN. They picked names that say, I'm Aryan. I'm a man. And they got banned very quickly.
Our left & alt-left, they think, "oh, it can't happen to us!" But, where is @__OriginalOwner-? So many tweets, so many Subs from that one. But he stopped. I didn't see his tweet of "fuck you all, I'm leaving." Like so many folks do. And maybe he's "sitting in the timeout corner," maybe he's banned because somebody else tweeted about rapeing babies. Who knows, who really knows? The Editors & Administrators know.
@__OriginalOwner-, by the way, was a big fan of the VERY BIASED Think Progress. Well, guess what happened. Think Progress got censored by Facebook. prisonplanet.com/thinkprogress-censored-by-facebook-after-cheerleading-facebook-censorship.html [prisonplanet.com]
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @12:47AM
https://thinkprogress.org/facebook-weekly-standard-fact-check-thinkprogress-6176df1d5749/ [thinkprogress.org]
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/14/thnk-s14.html [wsws.org]
(Score: 3, Touché) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday September 15 2018, @10:51PM
The first good idea you've had. The people who are against the Trump haters have shown themselves to be among the most selfish, morally and ethically corrupt people in the nation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @10:45PM (1 child)
No option in UI but could an app filter them? If so, which?
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday September 17 2018, @05:39PM
Open the settings menu, look for "emergency broadcasts" under "wireless & networks"; you can disable it there.
If those options aren't available it most likely means that you don't have admin rights so you'll need to get that resolved first.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Apparition on Saturday September 15 2018, @10:54PM
I imported the international variant of the Sony Xperia XZ1 compact smartphone a couple of months ago. A nice unintended side bonus is that I don't receive any AMBER alert messages. I wonder if I will receive this FEMA emergeny message...
(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Saturday September 15 2018, @11:17PM
let's hope noone loses the database. It's bad enough with enough fake $areacode-$youprefix-$random phone calls.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 15 2018, @11:24PM (3 children)
Before he was limited to those who chose to follow him...
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday September 16 2018, @12:41AM (2 children)
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "oh, it's gonna be Presidential Alerts about the phoney Russia Witch Hunt." Trust me, it won't. To me, the most important issue is the nuclear issue. I think it's a shame. I had a beautiful meeting with President Putin, we're talking about nuclear proliferation, we're talking about Syria and humanitarian aid, we're talking about all of these different things, and we get questions on the Witch Hunt! And I don't think the people out in the country buy it, but the reporters like to give it a shot. I thought that President Putin was very, very strong.
Great meetings with President Putin, great meetings with President Macron -- fabulous parade, very strong handshake -- great meeting with Chairman Kim, the most delicious food you've tasted in your entire life. President Xi, the best cake in the history of the world. Bibi Netanyahu, incredible guy. Prime Minister May, not so great, why didn't she stop that horrible balloon? We have a lot of competitors, they're starting to respect us again. Because of me. But maybe someday I'll send out a tweet that says, Duck & Cover. Because I had a bad phone call with some very foolish person. And UK is sending us its nuclear, France is sending its nuclear, Russia is sending nuclear, Korea sending nuclear. China, nuclear. Israel. And you'll be very happy you read my tweet. Because possibly it will save your life. You're welcome!!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @05:58AM
Love it...
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday September 16 2018, @06:33AM
In 1965, a surely far wiser head than mine declassified all but one of the Manhattan Project's secrets.
Perhaps because by then both the USSR and the PRC had successfully tested. But now we have Israel, Pakistan, India and North Korea in our once-elite Nuclear Club.
The one secret they didn't declassify was the Initiator. It sits at the center of the Plutonium pit and emits some neutrons when the implosion has reached its smallest diameter, so as to kick off the Nuclear Cascade Reaction.
When I read about that in Richard Rhodes' "The Making Of The Atomic Bomb" I said to myself, "That just _has_ to work a certain way". Even then - in 1993 - what I knew about Physics, the 396 box I owned back in those days of my misspent youth and the UCSC Science Library I am quite certain I could have designed a successful Initiator in less than a month.
(Consider that at Los Alamos, a "Computer" was a Math Whiz armed with a table of logarithms and an adding machine.)
The Uranium Bomb was completely declassified; they didn't even test it, they knew it would work on its very first try when dropped on Hiroshima: just shoot a Uranium slug out of a cannon through the center of a Uranium ring, thereby briefly assembling a single piece of Uranium that is of significantly more than Critical Mass.
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @12:34AM
This is Radio FEMA, the voice of truth, so listen!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @04:15AM (7 children)
If Trump gets banned from Twitter, he's going to use these Presidential Alerts instead.
(Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Sunday September 16 2018, @04:28AM (1 child)
Don't have to open twitter.com/realDonaldTrump anymore? Convenient!
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(Score: 1) by realDonaldTrump on Monday September 17 2018, @07:04AM
I have many great people but also an amazing number of haters and losers responding to my tweets -- why do these lowlifes follow -- nothing to do!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @06:09AM (4 children)
As much as I'd like to see him banned from Twitter, and everything else, I really don't think Twitter could even if they wanted to. I could be wrong but I remember hearing something in the news about this in early 2016. It's not really a first amendment issue because Twitter is a private company and can refuse service to anyone but this is the highest public office in the government which could get tricky. If Twitter can ban the president then does that mean any business can refuse service to him? If he shows up at a restaurant can the owner kick him out?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @07:24AM (1 child)
If the owner of a restaurant can't kick him out it means this country is no longer America. Twitter can purge the cancer that is the orange blob from their network at any time. They let him continue to violate their ToS because it would cost them a large number of users if they did kick him off. (If I posted half the hate-filled diarrhea Trump has I'd be banned for life.)
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday September 16 2018, @10:06PM
I'm not breaking the rules of Twitter. I can't. Because they decided, for me there are ZERO rules. And for our other wonderful Elected World Leaders like @RRD_Davao [twitter.com], @PutinRF_Eng [twitter.com] & @CNGOVXiJinping [twitter.com], no rules. Smart move!!! twitter.com/Policy/status/949399582412328961 [twitter.com]
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday September 16 2018, @05:12PM (1 child)
Yes.
Why would that be bad?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @11:35PM
I'd really like to see a business test this... Legalities aside, that would be the most polarizing PR move ever...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @11:31PM (1 child)
Its my phone, not theirs, i dont want them sending me crap.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @02:55PM
Nope. (See earlier....) The system is designed that you MUST be able to receive Presidentially-issued EAS messages, even though you can filter out local Amber Alert and NWS messages.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @02:52PM
Please, someone hack the system and send out the message that Katniss Everdeen is dead!