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Portage Sheriff Trumpets Ohio’s New Escaped Convict Phone Alert - Melody Foster
Portage Sheriff Trumpets Ohio’s New Escaped Convict Phone Alert

Portage County sheriff backs Ohio's new escaped-convict alert law.

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Show threadEka A.Jan 18

@noondlyt
Interesting.
Good question. Text of bill not published yet. Will show up here when it is. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7022/text

#USPol #Congress #HouseBill #Space #satellite #EmergencyAlertSystem #EAS #CellPhone #HR7022 #Congress119 #house

Speculation: Is it for sending out EAS messages via the new satellite cell phone systems?

DeadlineOct 17, 2024

FCC Proposes Fine Against ESPN For Violation Of Emergency Alert Rules
#News #Politics #EmergencyAlertSystem #ESPN #FCC

https://deadline.com/2024/10/fcc-espn-fine-emergency-alert-1236119189/

FCC Proposes Fine Against ESPN For Violation Of Emergency Alert Rules

The FCC has proposed a fine of $146,976 against ESPN for six violation of Emergency Alert System rules. The agency cited an ESPN promo for the start of the 2023-24 NBA season that transmitted emergency signals. Agency rules prohibit such transmissions in an absence of an actual emergency. Loyaann A. Egal, the FCC’s enforcement bureau […]

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Houston Public MediaOct 4, 2024

33-year-old Seth Altman was on the run after shooting and injuring a police officer, according to ear-splitting emergency alerts that appeared on your smartphone around 4:50 a.m.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/technology/2024/10/04/502056/what-is-a-blue-alert-and-why-are-they-issued-hundreds-of-miles-away/

#News #Technology #BlueAlert #EmergencyAlertSystem #EmergencyAlerts #HallCounty

What is a blue alert, and why are they issued hundreds of miles away?

Altman— "wanted for involvement in the killing or serious injury of a law enforcement officer"— was last seen hundreds of miles away from the cities that were torpedoed by the early morning alerts.

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Comchia 🇺🇦🇹🇼🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Mar 28, 2024

Dear brain,

When dreaming, please refrain from use of:

• the Emergency Alert System, and it's hellish tones and imagery
• weird references to Netanyahu and Ceaușescu within said EAS you decided to make

Kthxbai

[End of signal]

#emergencyalertsystem #dream

Comchia 🇺🇦🇹🇼🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Mar 11, 2024

When you take Red Alert literally:

#startrek #eas #emergencyalertsystem

Drew KirkmanNov 28, 2023

US broadcasters: the FCC has GRANTED (partially) a petition to delay the CAP prioritization deadline for EAS equipment by 90 days to March 11, 2024, but ONLY for participants using Sage Alerting Systems devices that the required update is not yet available for.

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-1111A1.pdf

#Broadcasting #BroadcastEngineering #EmergencyAlertSystem #LPFM

John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺Oct 18, 2023
The #EmergencyAlertSystem just had my phone tell me that an earthquake has been detected.
#USGS
ITSEC NewsOct 10, 2023
Hacktivists send fake nuclear attack warning via Israeli Red Alert app - Hackers have exploited a flaw in a widely-used app that warns of missile attacks against ... https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hacktivists-send-fake-nuclear-attack-warning-via-israeli-red-alert-app/ #emergencyalertsystem #vulnerability #guestblog #missile #israel #spam
Hacktivists send fake nuclear attack warning via Israeli Red Alert app

Hackers have exploited a flaw in a widely-used app that warns of missile attacks against Israel to send a fake alert that a nuclear strike is imminent.

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dispatchOct 10, 2023
Hacktivists send fake nuclear attack warning via Israeli Red Alert app https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/hacktivists-send-fake-nuclear-attack-warning-via-israeli-red-alert-app/ #emergencyalertsystem #Vulnerability #vulnerability #Guestblog #missile #israel #Spam
Hacktivists send fake nuclear attack warning via Israeli Red Alert app

Hackers have exploited a flaw in a widely-used app that warns of missile attacks against Israel to send a fake alert that a nuclear strike is imminent.

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