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Title: US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Post by: sam on April 12, 2011, 03:36

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Terror alerts from the government will soon have just two levels of warnings — elevated and imminent — and those will be relayed to the public only under certain circumstances. Color codes are out; Facebook and Twitter will sometimes be in, according to a Homeland Security draft obtained by The Associated Press

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-facebook-twitter-issue-terror.html

YAY to scaring everyone all the time. Chances of dying in a terrorist attack << getting run over.

Title: Re: US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Post by: Clive on April 12, 2011, 12:23

That is very scary!  But if they use Twitter to get the message across then I will never know about it.  :bawl:

Title: Re: US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Post by: sam on April 12, 2011, 13:32

fail.

Title: Re: US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Post by: Simon on April 12, 2011, 21:19

Me neither.  Can we get them to join here, so we can be warned?   :o:

Title: Re: US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Post by: sam on April 12, 2011, 23:26

ill feed you the twitter feed.

Title: Re: US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Post by: Simon on April 12, 2011, 23:31

Thanks!  ;D

Title: Re: US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Post by: sam on April 12, 2011, 23:40

f***ING RUN NOW!!!

Title: Re: US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Post by: Simon on April 12, 2011, 23:47

Oh, can't it wait till the morning?

Title: Re: US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts
Post by: sam on April 13, 2011, 01:16

yeah. guess so. then run faster.