Re: NDAA passed: Internet and Online Streaming Services Emergency Alert Study

[Sander Steffann <sander () steffann nl>]

Hi,

On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 17:07 -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
> The House on Monday and the Senate on Friday have overriden the 
> President's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
> Fiscal Year 2021 passing it into law.
>
> Among the NDAA's various sections, it includes the Reliable
> Emergency 
> Alert Distribution Improvement (READI) Act.  The READI Act includes
> a 
> study and report for Emergency Alerts via the internet and streaming 
> services.
>
>
> SEC. 9201. RELIABLE EMERGENCY ALERT DISTRIBUTION IMPROVEMENT.
> [...]
> (e) INTERNET AND ONLINE STREAMING SERVICES EMERGENCY ALERT
> EXAMINATION.—
> (1) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
> enactment of this Act, and after providing public notice and
> opportunity for comment, the Commission shall complete an
> inquiry to examine the feasibility of updating the Emergency
> Alert System to enable or improve alerts to consumers provided
> through the internet, including through streaming services.

Just to be clear: this is talking about IP traffic, not things like
SMS-CB, right? When there are already cell broadcast alerts, I have the
feeling that adding alerts to IP traffic (however that would be
supposed to work) wouldn't add that much coverage…

Cheers,
Sander

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