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Facebook Will Now Deliver AMBER Alerts to Your News Feed

Facebook Will Now Deliver AMBER Alerts to Your News Feed

Posted January 13, 2015 at 8:34pm by iClarified
Facebook has announced that it will now deliver AMBER alerts to users' News Feeds in targeted search areas after a child has been abducted and the National Center has issued an alert.

These alerts, which include photographs and other details about the missing child, are shown on mobile and desktop. People can share the alert with friends and link directly to the National Center’s missing child poster, which always has the most up-to-date information about the case.

Facebook Will Now Deliver AMBER Alerts to Your News Feed


Facebook notes that for years people have used the site to post articles about missing children. In several cases, someone saw a post or photo in their News Feed, took action, and a child was safely returned.

"In 2014, an 11-year-old girl was safely recovered after a motel owner recognized her from an AMBER Alert that a friend had shared on Facebook. The woman called the police, and the child was found unharmed. It’s amazing word-of-mouth efforts like this that inspired us to develop a more systematic way to help find missing children on Facebook."

Here is how Facebook's alert system will work:
When local or state police determine that a case qualifies for an AMBER Alert, the alert is issued by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and distributed through the Facebook system with any available information, including a photograph of the missing child, a license plate number, the name and description of the child and suspected abductor.

Facebook Will Now Deliver AMBER Alerts to Your News Feed


Law enforcement determines the range of the target area for each alert. The number of alerts people will see depends on how many alerts are issued in their area — some people may see a few each year and many people will likely get no alerts at all. The alerts will appear in News Feed, but will not trigger any notifications to a person’s phone.

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Facebook Will Now Deliver AMBER Alerts to Your News Feed
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