Facebook Pros

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/12/20/nl-amber-alert-facebook-122.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i1YDxbwr5sBWN48HUGx9GJsokVUw?docId=CNG.392d1ff158beced710b2f76ae920bf97.531

  These articles are about two positives about Facebook. I put them together because of the length of the articles. The first is about an Amber Alert page that has been put up in Newfoundland and Labrador which helps to find missing children. It uses radio, television, and electronic road signs to help raise awareness and provide information that could be useful to find missing children.
  The second article is about how Facebook (and Twitter also) help to contain the spread of pandemics. From people being able to communicate with others, messages from worried local populations can help to detect an emerging pandemic.
  I think these are very good ideas for many reasons. Being able to communicate with people around the world can allow us to detect potentially harmful diseases, thus saving lives. Also, if people get together on Facebook to discuss missing children, it could help to find them faster. In the article, it says that the majority of children (over 90%) murdered by kidnappers are killed within the first 24 hours. With a web page like this, it can allow whole provinces to keep watch for missing children. This could also save lives.
  I want to know if the Amber Alert page is going to spread to other parts of Canada, as well as the rest of the world. It is a quick and easy web page, which could help us stop kidnappers and murderers. I also want to know if there will be scientists or doctors monitoring social networks to detect pandemics and save lives.