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Facebook searches for Cyclone Alfred were blocked for containing content breaching 'community standards' (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/19124166

Social media giant Meta blocked or hid Facebook search results for "Cyclone Alfred" ahead of the tropical storm bearing down on Australia's east coast.

The platform is a key communication channel for emergency coverage in Australia and is used to help broadcast evacuation orders and other updates to residents during a crisis.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall between the Gold Coast and southern parts of Wide Bay region as early as Thursday evening as a category two cyclone.

It is forecast to bring destructive winds and the risk of life-threatening flooding.

But general searches about cyclones or "TC Alfred" did produce information and articles in the search results, indicating some kind of throttling about the term Cyclone Alfred specifically.

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The Queensland government has urged the community to visit its disaster monitoring website for the most up-to-date information.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

Never been in a tropical storm but I have been forced to leave areas ahead of bushfire fronts and to travel close to fire effected areas. I dread the day some extremist nutcase defunds ABC Radio. You can't always rely on phone reception. A lot of old tech is better. Less distracting. More reliable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I urge people to keep a handheld radio on their shelf with a couple of good batteries in it. Just a speaker and an analogue tuner.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

@BlueSquid0741
Better to keep the batteries 'out' of the radio, but stored 'with' the radio.

If fitted to even a simple device like a torch, pretty much any battery can leak.

If the radio's battery terminals become corroded from a leaking battery...
...well, it's not good.

(Please don't ask me how I know this...)

@shirro

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