Twitter Alerts Send Emergency Messages to Users’ Phones

Published: September 25, 2013

Twitter launched a new service that allows organizations to send emergency messages to users’ phones.

Government agencies and non-governmental organizations who use Twitter Alerts can mark a tweet as an “alert” that will be sent to users during a natural disaster or crisis situation.

Users can sign up for Twitter Alerts to receive the information through a text message or push notification. Users can select which organizations they receive alerts from.

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