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.
Frollows fired Tony Biggs after he played NWA on air.
He is immortalised in the song “Arnold Frollows is a Genius” by Front End Loader, which was a sarcastic criticism of him.
Are you sure about Biggs?
A news reader was disciplined at first for playing a snippet but authorities backed down.
That article is wrong in that “Express Youself” was played on repeat in protest well beyond 4:30pm and therefore completed a full 24 hours.