Emergency alerts to be sent less widely to make them useful
NEW YORK (AP) " Regulators want to make emergency alerts on cellphones more useful by requiring wireless carriers to distribute them less widely.The Federal Communications Commission says carriers must transmit the alerts to more specific locations, rather than broadly. That could help make alerts more relevant. The fear is that consumers will disregard alerts if they come too often or don't address an emergency in their immediate area.These messages appear on phones like texts [...]
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