It's a pretty straightforward transaction: Someone pays Facebook and uses the copious and detailed information that Facebook has gathered about you to stick a targeted message into the "sponsored" message area of your screen when you log in to your account.
In theory, one could post a message in the appropriate area, and it would be contemplated by other young people who are actually interested in that subject.
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"The Embassy has received information that members of a criminal organization may be planning to kidnap U.S. citizen tourists in the Cusco and Machu Picchu area, " the message said.
"Originally we were informed it was a text message that had gone round the local area, but my understanding is that its now on Facebook and the rumours have really spread quite rapidly, " she said.
And finally, we managed to get the radio station in that area and they told us that they would broadcast my message to the two parties that are going on, so to all of them, thank you too, back there in the home town.
All it needs is your location (which, of course, it has) and some local area information, and it'll ping out a message advising you that you can just pop down the road, buy that wooden stick, and be back in time for your 2PM with Marty from the Synergy Department.
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He said it was all about making the area "less of a secret and much more of a big message".
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The area has "many unsafe things, " no electricity and sewer problems, the message said, urging people not to return home.
The Director-General pointed out that, through their artwork, the children were sending the message that in spite of progress, obstacles remained to achieving the Education for All goals, particularly in the area of early childhood.
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