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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AMBER ALERT PROGRAM EXPANDS TO FACEBOOK ANNOUNCEMENT COMMEMORATES THE 15 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF 9 YEAR OLD AMBER HAGERMAN ALEXANDRIA, VA -- January 12, 2011 . Life-saving AMBER Alerts are now available to the millions of people on the social networking ser vice Facebook. Effective today, Facebook users are able to sign up to receive AMBER Alert bulletins for their state which will be sent to them through the Facebook “News Feed” feature. A total of 53 new AMBER Alert Pages have been created, one for each state, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and the Di strict of Columbia. Facebook users will al so be able to share the AMBER Alerts with their friends. There are more than half a bil lion users of Facebook. The new Facebook AMBER Alert pages represent an important expansion of the national AMBER Alert program. “Everyone at Facebook feels a responsibility to help protect children and, as a former federal prosecutor and a father of two, I am particularly proud that we are now part of the AMBER Alert program,” said Chris Sonderby, Facebook Lead Security and Investigations Counsel. “Our hearts go out t o the famili es of the missing and our gratitude goes to the officers, volunteers, and other AMBER Alert partners who work tirelessly to bring them home. We are hopeful t hat today’s announcement offers these dedicated officials another useful tool to find and safely recover abducted children.” Information about the new initiative was announced today by Facebook, the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The announcement was made the day before the 15 th anniversary of the abduction and murder of 9 year old Amber Hagerman, namesake of the national AMBER Alert Program. As the National AMBER Alert Coordinator, I am pleased to see the growth of the program’s national network. I would like t o thank NCMEC and Facebook for working together to develop another way the public can join with us to bring home missing and abducted children. We each can play ou r part by being aware and responsive to AMBER Alert postings that we will now see on Facebook,” said Laurie O. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs.
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8/8/2019 AMBER Alert Press Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AMBER ALERT PROGRAM EXPANDS TO FACEBOOK
ANNOUNCEMENT COMMEMORATES THE 15 TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF 9 YEAR OLD AMBER HAGERMAN
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- January 12, 2011. Life-saving AMBER Alerts are now
available to the millions of people on the social networking service Facebook. Effectivetoday, Facebook users are able to sign up to receive AMBER Alert bulletins for their
state which will be sent to them through the Facebook “News Feed” feature. A total of 53 new AMBER Alert Pages have been created, one for each state, Puerto Rico, U.S.
Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. Facebook users will also be able to share the
AMBER Alerts with their friends.
There are more than half a billion users of Facebook. The new Facebook AMBER Alert
pages represent an important expansion of the national AMBER Alert program.
“Everyone at Facebook feels a responsibility to help protect children and, as a former
federal prosecutor and a father of two, I am particularly proud that we are now part of the AMBER Alert program,” said Chris Sonderby, Facebook Lead Security and
Investigations Counsel. “Our hearts go out to the families of the missing and our
gratitude goes to the officers, volunteers, and other AMBER Alert partners who work tirelessly to bring them home. We are hopeful that today’s announcement offers these
dedicated officials another useful tool to find and safely recover abducted children.”
Information about the new initiative was announced today by Facebook, the U.S.
Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children(NCMEC). The announcement was made the day before the 15th anniversary of the
abduction and murder of 9 year old Amber Hagerman, namesake of the national AMBER
Alert Program.
As the National AMBER Alert Coordinator, I am pleased to see the growth of the program’s national network. I would like to thank NCMEC and Facebook for working
together to develop another way the public can join with us to bring home missing and
abducted children. We each can play our part by being aware and responsive to AMBER Alert postings that we will now see on Facebook,” said Laurie O. Robinson, Assistant
Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs.
8/8/2019 AMBER Alert Press Release
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/amber-alert-press-release 2/3
8/8/2019 AMBER Alert Press Release
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The new Facebook AMBER Alert pages represent an important expansion of the
secondary distribution system and will enable AMBER Alerts to dramatically increasethe reach of and impact of these life-saving bulletins.
Media contacts for more information:
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: (703) 837-6111 or
Facebook: Andrew Noyes, Manager, Public Policy Communications (202) 629-3261
(office), (202) 904-8418 (cell) or [email protected]
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs: Starr Small at
[email protected] and Michelle Person at [email protected] or call(202) 307-0703.
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