America Online Announces Expansion of AOL AMBER Alerts Service to Millions of AIM Users and Internet Users.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2002 Abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point Kids Alerts Will Now Be Available to All Registered Users of AOL's Instant Messenger AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. (AIM) and Any Internet User Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f in the U.S. AOL's Innovative Program Enlists Members' Help in Rescuing Abducted Children America Online, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ) today announced the expansion of its "AOL AMBER Alerts" service to the 180 million registered users of AOL(R) Instant Messenger(TM) as well as any Internet user - bringing an almost unlimited scope to the groundbreaking online effort to help locate and rescue abducted children. AOL also announced that it has successfully launched AOL AMBER Alerts to the service's 27 million domestic members across the country who voluntarily sign-up for the capability to receive any AMBER Alerts issued by law enforcement in their state or locality. AOL AMBER Alerts is a joint effort with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). at the Federal, state, and local level. Already, over 70,000 AOL members have pre-registered to start receiving AMBER Alerts when a child in their area has been abducted or kidnapped. "This is an important, critical expansion of the AOL AMBER Alerts service that extends this lifesaving effort beyond the AOL service to our AIM users and to anyone online," said Tatiana Gau, Senior Vice President of Integrity Assurance. "It demonstrates our dedication to helping to protect children in the online and offline world, and our commitment to making this program truly nationwide and Internet-wide in its scope. The power of the online medium can and must be harnessed to help reach online users anywhere at any time with the goal of helping to save children's lives." AOL members can sign up for AOL AMBER Alerts by simply going to Keyword: AMBER Alerts on the service, and entering their zip code(s) and preferred method of delivery: email notification, on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. alert, and text page to their cell phone or paging device. AIM users or any Internet users can go to http://alerts.aol.com and sign up for AOL AMBER Alerts and choose to receive them via email, instant message, and as a text page to their cell phone or paging device. The AOL AMBER Alerts service runs over the Alerts & Reminders product for AOL members, AIM users, and Internet users. The Alerts & Reminders product also offers alerts for sports, weather, stocks, emails received, breaking news, and more. The AMBER Alert plan is credited with having helped rescue 36 children since its inception in Texas in 1996. AMBER Alerts are currently transmitted over the broadcast medium to licensed television and radio stations, and cable systems, using the Emergency Alert System (EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) A security system for preventing theft in retail stores that uses disposable label tags or reusable hard tags attached to the merchandise. ). There are currently 74 states, counties, and cities across the country with AMBER Alert plans in place. AOL has secured the commitment of almost all existing AMBER Alert plans in an effort to expand this critical safety tool to the online medium. Also, both AOL and NCMEC NCMEC National Center for Missing & Exploited Children NCMEC National Concrete and Masonry Engineering Conference will work to expand this service to other jurisdictions as they join the overall AOL AMBER Alerts program. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of AOL Time Warner Inc. Based in DULLES, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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