Three
New Yorkers are attempting to halt a scheduled test of a system that
will allow President Trump and future presidents to send alert messages
to the phones of all Americans.
J.B. Nicholas, Kristine Rakowsky, and Liana Nikitovich filed a lawsuit last week to a U.S. District Court in Manhattan, which argues that the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, violates free speech rights and is an unconstitutional seizure of electronic devices, Politico reports.
A test of the system is scheduled to take place Wednesday. The first test was originally planned for Sept. 20, but it was delayed due to Hurricane Florence, which made landfall over the Carolinas in the middle of the moth.
The plaintiffs are worried that the system will turn into "government loudspeakers," which would allow presidents to send propaganda, according to the suit.
Former President Barack Obama signed a law in 2016 that says that the emergency alert system "shall not be used to transmit a message that does not relate to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster or threat to public safety."
The plaintiffs say this law is "unconstitutionally vague."
"Without more specific definitions...officials — including President Trump — are free to define 'act of terrorism' and 'threat to public safety' as they see fit, potentially broadcasting arbitrary, biased, irrational and/or content-based messages to hundreds of millions of people," the complaint claims.
The complainants also accuse Trump in their suit of putting forth "weaponized disinformation" on Twitter, and they “don’t wish to receive text messages, or messages of any kind, on any topic or subject, from Defendant Trump."
Users have the ability to opt out of most alert messages sent through this system, such as Amber Alerts, but receiving presidential alerts will be mandatory.
The lawsuit is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Failla, an Obama appointee, but the judge has not scheduled a hearing on the motion to stop the test before Wednesday.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/three-new-yorkers-suing-to-stop-test-of-presidential-alert-system-on-wednesday
J.B. Nicholas, Kristine Rakowsky, and Liana Nikitovich filed a lawsuit last week to a U.S. District Court in Manhattan, which argues that the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, violates free speech rights and is an unconstitutional seizure of electronic devices, Politico reports.
A test of the system is scheduled to take place Wednesday. The first test was originally planned for Sept. 20, but it was delayed due to Hurricane Florence, which made landfall over the Carolinas in the middle of the moth.
The plaintiffs are worried that the system will turn into "government loudspeakers," which would allow presidents to send propaganda, according to the suit.
Former President Barack Obama signed a law in 2016 that says that the emergency alert system "shall not be used to transmit a message that does not relate to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster or threat to public safety."
The plaintiffs say this law is "unconstitutionally vague."
"Without more specific definitions...officials — including President Trump — are free to define 'act of terrorism' and 'threat to public safety' as they see fit, potentially broadcasting arbitrary, biased, irrational and/or content-based messages to hundreds of millions of people," the complaint claims.
The complainants also accuse Trump in their suit of putting forth "weaponized disinformation" on Twitter, and they “don’t wish to receive text messages, or messages of any kind, on any topic or subject, from Defendant Trump."
Users have the ability to opt out of most alert messages sent through this system, such as Amber Alerts, but receiving presidential alerts will be mandatory.
The lawsuit is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Failla, an Obama appointee, but the judge has not scheduled a hearing on the motion to stop the test before Wednesday.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/three-new-yorkers-suing-to-stop-test-of-presidential-alert-system-on-wednesday
5 comments:
PLEASE SEND TO EVERY AMERICAN !
WE CANNOT LET THESE PEOPLE DUE WHAT HEY DID TO THE JUDGE FOR THE SUPREME COURT !
THEY NEED TO BE CHARGED WITH TREASON !
WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER ... NO MORE WARS !
SEND TO ALL THANKS
The bats are out tonight.
Fear porn is going crazy with FEMA stories.
Bottomline - Trump MAY be implementing this as a way to by pass cia/fbi/israeli controlled US Fake News.
When will all JFK files be released, the 9/11 investigation be reopened and the death of Vince Foster be properly investigated? When will US Nazis stop funding of war (a continuation of the Cold War against Russia) in the Ukraine?
Of course! I'd bet those three were paid by GS or someone in the organization to bring the suit. The interesting thing, however, is that Trump is only using something that was put in place by the FORMER ADMINISTRATION, and truth be told, it was very likely put in place by the former administration for the VERY PURPOSES that the claimants are now saying is unconstitutional. Where were they when BHO enacted it? They are only coming forward now because they are afraid that Trump could use it to let the people know . . ._________________ (fill in the blank) that has been going on for centennia!
JMHO - YMMV
Didn't you know? Propaganda is the province of the Deep State and its media presstitutes!
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