X Kicked Off 2024 by Screwing Up During Japan's Earthquake Emergency

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X Kicked Off 2024 by Screwing Up During Japan's Earthquake Emergency
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As misinformation proliferated on X thanks to verified users, a massive account sharing accurate information hit its Musk-imposed posting limit.

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mass sms to everyone work, and there's even a whole "emergency alert" system built into both Android and ios. it's used all the time in America for things like missing children.

You can turn off emergency alerts though. And you can't get them back after they've been dismissed from your phone.

Android retains emergency alerts for the lifetime of the phone, even after they've been viewed/dismissed. They can be seen in the settings app under emergency alert history.