The company behind the UK's alert system has worked on the same technology for countries including Germany, New Zealand, Singapore, and the Netherlands, and has insisted it will be a 'game changer' for public safety.
Incidents like those in Florida may give sceptics more reason to want to switch the alerts off.
"In a real emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe. Visit gov.uk/alerts for more information.Roger Hargreaves, director of the government's emergency COBRA committee, warned that would be like taking batteries out of your smoke alarm. On Huawei devices running EMUI 11 or older, search settings for"emergency alerts" and turn off"extreme threats","severe threats", and"show amber alerts".Will alerts be used often?But those behind the system have seen increased adoption by governments in recent years, with the pandemic and climate-related emergencies increasing the need for direct communication with the public.
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