Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old

Many people reported they hit a screen preventing them from seeing the alert unless they signed in.

7mo ago

Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old

7mo ago

Californians Say X Blocked Them From Viewing Amber Alert About Missing 14-Year-Old

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Twitter is not a public service/utility. You shouldn't rely on it for important, factual informatilon.
- it should be treated as a public service when government entities use it as a means to communicate with the public.
  
  This communication should never be in hands of a private cooperation
  Just like hurricane warnings and so on are using the system designed for such things and not just... Twitter or Facebook or something
The irony of having a paywall in the news site when discussing another site's login wall.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250103184031/https://www.wired.com/story/amber-alert-paywall-california/
- Interesting, I can read it without an account.
Don't all smart phones pretty much have amber alert reception built in natively at this point?
- Yep, turned off that shit the moment I get a new phone. Like what do they expect me to do? Drive around playing vigilante?
  
  As someone with bad noise sensitivity, I better be seconds away from a nuclear suntan when my phone makes that goddamn noise.
- 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.

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