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Question not directly related to this event, but triggered by this: Has any of the countries around the world built a communication mechanism to directly reach
by pdevr 6y ago
Question not directly related to this event, but triggered by this:
Has any of the countries around the world built a communication mechanism to directly reach its people without using any third-party platforms?
Isn't this a must, in case external/foreign malicious actors forcibly take control of the major third-party platforms used in a country someday in future?
- scrollaway 6y agoSure, most countries have such systems, multiple different ones in fact, not all necessarily using the internet. They're usually used for emergencies only though. Redundancy is key if you're warding against foreign interference, nuclear events and the like. But at the end of the day if you're a free democracy you let people use whatever they want for the day to day stuff and you end up having to use those platforms to reach your citizens as well. My country tried doing its own thing a couple decades ago. It's called the minitel. Look it up if you haven't heard of it, it's pretty neat :)
- delecti 6y agoDo state media platforms count? FDR had his radio broadcasts, the UK has the BBC, various countries have emergency broadcast systems. In any case, it's certainly not something a government would find difficult if they found a need, it's probably just too much more convenient to have media companies handle most of the time.
- vimax 6y agoHow long before Trump starts sending emergency alert texts?
- thr_120 6y agoWhat I think more common is that head of the state is not a priori directly broadcasting through account on private page. What is quite common is public broadcaster.