2025-07-28
“Wait,” I said, before clicking the link. “What does Google have to do with earthquake emergency alerts in Turkey?” — spoiler alert the answer is “giving us all a haunting glimpse into the privatization of science and emergency management”
BBC
Google says it revised its Android Earthquake Alerts algorithm after it failed to send the highest-level Take Action warnings to 10M people in Turkey in 2023
Google has admitted its earthquake early warning system failed to accurately alert people during Turkey's deadly quake of 2023.