This is why governments should use public infrastructure for public services.

Using an url shortener smells like phishing

The dumb thing is they can fit quite a bit of text in the alert itself. They don't need to link to anything to provide the relevant info necessary to spot potential suspects or the description of the child.

...and then it wants you to make an account, right? :)

Yah, I've been yelling loudly about this shit for a decade. Nobody cares, especially not the people in the government who can't be bothered to use their own websites.

Just a taste of the deepening US oligarchy, as more public services are gutted in the favour of corpo interests.

If this isn't the correct community please let me know. I'm not sure where to post to be honest but it is a picture I suppose.

That's just an amber alert with extra steps

This kind of crap, and the fact that I can't force the sounds to respect DND in my country, are why I turned off Amber Alerts on my phone through adb (or "hacking", to the layperson).

Missouri does the same. I haven’t been able to see Emergency Alerts since quitting Twitter

Jeez! I had one in MI a few months ago where the image of the abductee was a Bookface link you couldn't view unless you were signed in. Just ridiculous.

Now I understand. I was confused about why people were going to Xhitter for Amber alerts. Looks like California is the issue for pointing people there in the Amber alert that goes out to phones.

Nixel's system is great for SF and up North. I assumed the whole state used it

What is this ?