SAFETY CHECK: Facebook Tool Simplifies Users’ Communication During Disasters, Crisis Situations

Facebook often comes into play during natural disasters or other crisis situations as a means for users to check on friends and loved ones, or alert them that they are safe. The social network introduced a tool Thursday to simplify the process, Safety Check.

SafetyCheck650Facebook often comes into play during natural disasters or other crisis situations as a means for users to check on friends and loved ones, or alert them that they are safe. The social network introduced a tool Thursday to simplify the process, Safety Check.

Safety Check is aimed at allowing users to let friends and family know they are safe, check on the well-being of others in the affected area and mark friends as safe, and only friends will see the safety status updates generated by the tool.

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