I'm sat in a bar and eveyones phone went off like a black mirror episode – utterly Orwellian.

End this nanny state bullshit. https://t.co/adHZqAY0d9

— Montgomery Toms (@MontgomeryToms) August 14, 2026

That alert scared the shit out of me, just knocked over the disposable BBQ and now the garden's gone up in flames

— barry (@BackseatsmanLFC) August 14, 2026

Now disabling propaganda alerts on my new phone.

— Ben Pile (@clim8resistance) August 14, 2026

I felt a great disturbance in the force like a million people all at once turning off emergency alerts in their phone settings. pic.twitter.com/xp93uNa7or

— Burnside (@BurnsideWasTosh) August 14, 2026

I would like to apologize to the right wing people who said the government would abuse the alert system

— John Kroencke (@johnkroencke) August 14, 2026

Burnham’s next emergency alert will be to remind us he’s from the North

— Charlotte Gill (@CharlotteCGill) August 14, 2026