June 4, 2022

Instagram to launch new Amber Alert system for missing persons

By Shirvan Williams

Instagram has announced that they intend to launch an Amber Alert system which will be used to share notices of missing children on its platform. The system will get going in more than two-dozen countries, including the US and Canada, over the next few weeks.

According to a statement from the company, the feature will be fully available in 25 countries after the launch.

“Instagram is a platform based on the power of photos, making it a perfect fit for the Amber Alert program,” said Michelle DeLaune, president and CEO of the U.S. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

She added: “We know that photos are a critical tool in the search for missing children and by expanding the reach to the Instagram audience, we’ll be able to share photos of missing children with so many more people.”

The update will help law enforcement agencies as well. They will be able to activate an Amber Alert those within the designated search area will receive the notice in their Instagram feeds.

Amber Alerts also include details about a child such as a photo, description and location of the abduction.

The Amber Alert feature will be made available through Instagram in the following countries, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, Ukraine, the U.K., the United Arab Emirates and the U.S.

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