Facebook Safety Check

By: Kyle Thomas
Twitter: @Kyle_T8

Facebook has a new feature used for natural disasters and terrorist attacks. Most recently Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook turned the Facebook Safety Check feature on for the attacks that happened Tuesday morning at the Brussels airport.

 

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The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has made a promise to use the feature more in disasters. In 2015 Facebook turned on the safety feature for the attacks that happened in London. According to an article on Mashable "Safety check was used by more than 4 million Facebook users in Paris during the first 24 hours following the attacks, a Facebook representative told Mashable Saturday evening. And 360 million people around the world received notifications that their friends were safe."

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I think this is an extremely cool feature that can let friends and family around the world know that they are safe. This feature can provide a sense of relief. In case the person is in danger and can't reach out to their friends, they can press a button on Facebook. The Facebook Safety Check feature also will send their friends notifications.