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Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Don't all smart phones pretty much have amber alert reception built in natively at this point?

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yep, turned off that shit the moment I get a new phone. Like what do they expect me to do? Drive around playing vigilante?

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

As someone with bad noise sensitivity, I better be seconds away from a nuclear suntan when my phone makes that goddamn noise.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes but at least in California, details are posted by CHP (or maybe other law enforcement organizations) on Twitter. Every time I’ve clicked an Amber Alert notification, it sent me straight to Twitter.

My point is, not all the relevant information is posted in the notification you received on your device.