Facebook introduces Amber Alerts now in Australia and other countries

1. Social Media in
Australia

2. Amber Alerts
❖ Users will be
notified of missing
persons on top of
news feed
❖ Partnership with the
country's police
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3. Why and What’s the Result?
❖ 24 hour alert system
❖ Time is valuable
❖ Gets the word out in the
area as quick as possible
❖ Reunite missing persons
with loving family members
❖ Police count on those
around for key information
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4. Where Else?
❖ In 2015 it launched nationally in the United
States
❖ Canada
❖ United Kingdom
❖ Greece
❖ Malaysia
❖ Luxemburg
❖ Netherlands
❖ South Korea
❖ Taiwan
❖ Mexico
❖ Malta
❖ Jamaica
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5. Effects?
❖ “Child abduction” and “concern
for child” alerts are no longer
available
❖ AMBER alerts have taken over
➢ Facebook is used as a
broadcasting program
❖ Increases possibilities of
receiving helpful information
❖ Increases chances of missing
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8. Works Cited
Benny-Morrison, Ava. "AMBER Alert System Rolled out on Facebook Australia." The Sydney Morning
Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 June 2017. Web. 22 July 2017.
Lieu, Johnny. "Facebook's AMBER Alerts System Launches in Australia." Mashable. Mashable, n.d. Web. 22
July 2017.