This new law, called Lulu’s Law, allows the government to send emergency alerts to your phone if a shark attack happens nearby.
The Federal Communications Commission must now create rules that let local officials use the wireless alert system for these specific ocean emergencies.
The goal is to warn swimmers and beachgoers quickly so they can get out of the water and stay safe.
Before this law, the emergency alert system on your phone was mostly used for things like severe weather or missing children.
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