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Ryan Ellis
Assistant professor of communication studies

Ryan Ellis for Northeastern Global News

You’re going to get a notification from President Trump on Wednesday. Here’s why.

You’re going to get a notification from President Trump on Wednesday. Here’s why.

On Wednesday at 2:18 p.m. EDT, your cellphone will light up with a message from the President of the United States. The alert will test a new nationwide communication method, and you can’t opt out of receiving the notification. “You can draw a clear through-line from the outcry over unwanted junk mail, to email spam, to robocalls, and now this,” said Northeastern assistant professor Ryan Ellis.