With Facebook and the NCMEC working together, Facebook users will be able to receive local AMBER Alert updates via their news feed.

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Finally Facebook is going to be doing more good for the world than just offering the capability to send cute cat videos to friends.

As of yesterday, January 13th, Facebook announced the beginning of its partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The new feature alerts users who are located in the search areas of nearby AMBER Alerts.  The amount of alerts that people receive will depend on how many alerts are issued in that area.

Here are the details from the Facebook newsroom:

“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.”

“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.”

AMBER stands for “America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response.”

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