#FACTCHECK

Don't fall for claims of 'mass #abduction' of #children in #Virginia in 2025

Here's why Virginia reports more #missingkids than other states, why #police rarely issue #AmberAlerts and how #icecreamtrucks are or aren't involved.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/08/21/mass-abduction-virginia-claim/

Engadget: TikTok is adding Amber Alerts to the For You feed. “TikTok is bringing Amber Alerts to the For You feed, the platform just announced via blog post. It has teamed up with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to bring these alerts to users and to ‘leverage the power of the US TikTok community’ to help reunite kids with their families.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/22/engadget-tiktok-is-adding-amber-alerts-to-the-for-you-feed/

I've gotten two separate #AmberAlerts this week which only contained a Twitter link and nothing else.

And the Twitter link was broken both times.

Fantastic stuff.

Can we please stop using Facebook links in #AMBERAlerts ?

Like how hard is it to host a barebones html page with some text and an image. I shouldn’t have to log in to see public safety information.

To the whinging and complaining folks over #AmberAlerts that get issued.

Proof it works

Also remember if your child went missing you want that alert sent everywhere NOT just locally.

It's possible to fly, drive, train, bus it quite far by the time that Amber alert is triggered.

So glad this one was found close to home.

Thanks for the #AmberAlert

https://missingpeople.ca/amber-alert-crucial-in-locating-abducted-child-thunder-bay-police-say/