This makes sense – to extend the reach of missing-child alerts into social media. “Amber Alerts for missing children are now available as a news feed on Facebook,” the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children announced today (here’s coverage in WashingtonPost.com). It’s really a sign of the times: Since people are now spending more time online than they are watching TV, according to a just-released survey by IBM, emergency alerts and help need to be available especially on the social Web and phones, where friends and acquaintances can see signs of trouble in realtime and get help for each other. Americans can sign up to get Amber Alerts in your Facebook news feed by going to the page FB set up here and clicking on their own state, which ensures that alerts go to you only if relevant to your location and you can help.
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