Google has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to notify people of abducted children in their area. People using Google or Google Maps will receive AMBER Alerts if they are in the area where a child has been abducted.
“Google takes the issue of child safety very seriously,” said Susan Molinari, Google Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs.
Google is already looking at ways to improve the system so people will be notified if they are within a mile of the incident. Google will expand the radius in time when new information comes in. The search engine also hopes to bring the alerts to Google users in Europe.