An emergency alert test will sound Oct. 4 on all U.S. cellphones, TVs and radios. Here's what to expect.
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On Wednesday, Oct. 4, FEMA and the FCC will launch a nationwide test of the emergency alert system.

An emergency FEMA alert test will sound Oct. 4 on all U.S. TVs, radios and cellphones::On Wednesday, Oct. 4, FEMA and the FCC will launch a nationwide test of the emergency alert system.

  • calewerks@fanaticus.socialEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    This community is currently hosting lots of country, and region specific news. Not everyone is in the UK and impacted by their regulations. Not everyone is in Europe where they’re testing the Facebook and Instagram ad-free subscription. Hell, not everyone is on those platforms so those stories aren’t relevant to them. It would leave the community pretty empty at this point if we started moderating content according to its global relevance, especially when people always have the option to just scroll by.

    • gerryflap@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I don’t mind region specific news if it’s about tech regulations or something. But a PSA about a regular emergency system test is not that

      • calewerks@fanaticus.socialEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I’ll agree with you there. I don’t know the extent to which this bot is necessary given that it’s not very discerning.