The US President-elect Donald Trump will be permitted to send unblockable texts to US citizens starting from January 20, 2017. The President-elect will be getting this permission as soon as he is sworn in as the President. However, this news is not well received by all citizens. Many are worried about getting messages from the new president.
Way back in 2006, the Congress passed the Warning, Alert, and Response Network (WARN) Act. According to this act, a 90-character "Wireless Emergency Alerts," warning messages or emergency texts can be sent to Americans and those messages are not allowed to be blocked. It is reported that these alerts can be sent in bulk to each and every American citizen. This is to ensure that the President communicates well with the public.
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The senders of WEA can send the unblockable messages to every mobile phone that reflects signal from nearby cell towers located in geographically relevant regions. However, the limit extends to the sending of such messages to each and every signal person at the time of national emergency. Donald Trump will decide on which is the matter to be disclosed and spread to the public and which of them should be kept a secret, reported New York Magazine.
At the same time, the use of WEAs has been limited by the FCC. It restrictively allows sending the unblockable texts to three clients only - Alerts by the president, Alerts regarding threats, safety or national interest, and Amber alerts. Donald Trump, after the swearing in as POTUS, will be able to enjoy the power of sending emergency texts to the American citizens, reported CNET.
In related news, it is reported that while Donald Trump is preparing to take over as the president of the United States, some political actors are raising doubts over his win. Green Party member Jill Stein has called for recounting of votes in Wisconsin constituency. She strongly believes that there has been tampering of data or mistake in counting the number of votes during the US presidential elections 2016. The recounting campaign has been supported by Hillary Clinton.
