US to use Facebook, Twitter to issue terror alerts

Monday, April 11, 2011 - 17:00 in Mathematics & Economics

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.

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