Yep that's it exactly. I'd prefer the government to host its own data. I'd also like any site hosting public information to be compelled to serve that informa

Yep that's it exactly. I'd prefer the government to host its own data. I'd also like any site hosting public information to be compelled to serve that information to everyone. Facebook may not know they're being used like this, and it would be fine for them to object, but if they do want to carry government alerts they should be open to non-users without tracking or shadow profiling.