The National Police and Civil Guard already have their own official accounts on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook And it is the best way to reach to a good part of the citizens, who do not hesitate to help and inform through these channels of any type of problem. Something that those responsible for their own social networks know well.Perhaps for this reason, the creator of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has decided to join forces with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the United States
The result is a new function that has begun to be implemented both in the web version and in the Facebook applications It consists of launching alerts about missing children in the area in which the user resides or is located Of this In this way, with localized alerts, it is about maximizing the effect and achieving the Citizen collaboration in the recovery of lost or abducted children Something that the victims of these events seem to applaud in USA.
The notice appears locally, only to users who are in the influence area where they were last seen missing minors.These alerts are displayed on the user's wall almost as if it were another publication, although with notable differences. And it is that in his case a clear photograph of the missing minor is shown, and also a brief description of the case: place of the disappearance, number of contact phone, number of registration number , description of clothing and other details that may help. These publications link directly to the aforementioned institution, where consult the complete file on the disappearance for more information of interest. In addition, you can share the alert with other users to ensure it reaches more people.
And, according to Facebook's Trust and Safety manager, Emily Vacher, the more people they actually know,more chances there are of finding the minor aliveIn addition, it is crucial during the first hours of the investigation That is why these alerts known as AMBER(amber), they will fire on the Facebooks of the users near the area of the disappearance as soon as the policedetermine that it is a case of disappearance or abduction.
According to those responsible for Facebook, the case of a under 11 years old that was found by the manager of a motel after seeing the case through his wall, has promoted the implementation of this function. Of course, at the moment she is only active inUnited States
Meanwhile, in Spain, the State Security Corpsactively use the social networks to report disappearances and dangers.The difference is that, at the moment, you need to actively follow your accounts to stay on top of all these issues. We will have to wait and see if Facebook decides to also collaborate in Spain to try to resolve cases of favorably with the help of foot users.
