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Tried to look at an Amber Alert today (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have a long commute in and out of a large city. Since I spend so much time on the road, I always try to get the details of Amber Alert notifications to be on the lookout for vehicles used in abductions. I guess I can't do that anymore since Twitter requires an account to see Amber Alerts. Hopefully my state finds another platform to post them.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In my area, amber alerts are delivered via Localized Emergency Alerts, and clicking on it takes you to the Highway Patrol Twitter page.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

That's crazy.

I was going to say it's crazy that your local police use a private service like Twitter, but I guess the phone companies are a private service too.