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Senate Wants Netflix, Spotify To Send Out Federal Emergency Alerts (techcrunch.com)

Senators in Hawaii and South Dakota have introduced a bill, called the "Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement (READI) act, that would "explore" broadcasting alerts to "online streaming services, such as Netflix and Spotify," amongst other changes to the Emergency Alert System. TechCrunch reports: Some of the other things the bill touches on:
- Users on many phones can currently disable federal alerts; they want to get rid of that option
- Building a better system for reporting false alarms and figuring out what happened
- Updating the system to better prevent false alarms, and to better retract them when they do happen

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  1. Alert about the child rapist in the White House by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Start by sending a federal alert about the child rapist, traitor and Putin puppet currently in the White House.

    Repeat ad nauseam until the american people come to their senses.