the cell networks have amazing abilities. the feds work with verizon to analyze who is present on the network during protests. they name all the individuals then collate all the protests and filter for common names. you show up to a protest, you're in a fed database- its that simple. now, when insurrection hits, the cell towers have the ability to restrict access by USER. a subset of "subscribers" get the sos message while the rest of the community sees normal network behavior. this effectively shuts down protesters ability to communicate via cell networks while the rest of the public remains online.