U.S. Senate: READI Act 2019 re-introducted

[sean at donelan.com (Sean Donelan)]

U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and John Thune (R-S.D.) 
reintroduced the Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement (READI) 
Act today (October 24, 2019).

The READI Act would:
[...]
Explore establishing a system to offer emergency alerts to audio and video 
online streaming services, such as Netflix and Spotify;
[...]


The READI Act is support by NCTA â?? The Internet and Television 
Association, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the Internet 
Association, CTIA â?? The Wireless Association, and the Wireless 
Infrastructure Association.

Due to its bi-partisan co-sponsors and industry support, this bill is 
likely to pass.

As I've stated before, I think network emergency alerts should be built 
into the underlying smart assistant layer (i.e. apple siri, amazon 
echo/fire, roku, google/nest home, etc.) instead of each content 
provider or internet provider.