Do protocols solve the problem of every hop in between you and the destination has to pass through what amounts to someone else’s private property?

Yes. End-to-end encryption solves that.

Yeah, this is about the 15th time they’ve done that.

It’s easier and more effective to just get yourself banned.

You would have gotten this one, because it was a Wireless Emergency Alert, not a Xhitter notification.

Can you share a screenshot of the alert? If it’s an android phone, you can find historical alerts under “Settings”.

Yes, that is the claim I’m looking to verify. Is that claim accurate?

You can view past alerts you have received. On android phones, Settings > Notifications > Wireless Emergency Alerts > Emergency alert history. (or just search for “Amber”). One screenshot can easily prove or disprove the article’s claim.

Again, if this is actually what happened, it indicates a problem not just with CHP, but also with EAS and WEA for not ensuring the requested alert message included the emergency content.

The government uses EAS and WEA to disseminate alerts. Both are government-operated systems that are not controlled, manipulated, lost, or disconnected by third parties. The AMBER alert in question was delivered via both EAS and WEA.

The Xhitter avenue (along with every other major social media platform) is what they refer to as a “secondary distributor”.

this is really just a problem with government agencies/departments using social media websites as primary avenues of delivering information.

I guarantee that this was not a “primary avenue” for delivering this information.

Edit: I was wrong. Finally got the confirmation that should have been included in the article from the beginning: