Florida terminates contract with company behind early morning emergency alert test.
TL;DR
Florida officials have ended the state's contract with a software company that erroneously sent an emergency alert test to cellphones in the early hours of Thursday. The alert was supposed to be a test run for television networks and wasn't intended to disturb anyone already sleeping. Governor Ron DeSantis ordered the head of the state's emergency-management agency to bring swift accountability for the mistake.
- Florida Ends Contract With Company That Sent Predawn Emergency Alert Test to Cellphones The Wall Street Journal
- Florida emergency alert test sent at 4:45 am draws angry response, has DeSantis threatening to fire someone Fox News
- Why did Floridians wake up to an early-morning emergency alert? WFLA News Channel 8
- Florida apologizes for sending emergency alert test at 4:45 a.m. CNN
- Official: Florida has severed its contract with company responsible for errant alert Daytona Beach News-Journal
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