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Facebook Offers Help During Paris Attacks, Allows Users to Show Support
Posted On Nov 15 2015
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People in Paris have been using the social network to let their loved ones know they are safe by using a feature activated in times of crisis.
This comes after the app also re-introduced their safety check system so people in Paris could notify friends and family if they were safe.
Safety Check was launched in 2014 and has been deployed five times – all during natural disasters – before Friday.
Amidst the tragedy that unfolded in Paris, questions were raised against the Social media giant Facebook over the safety feature which was activated on November 14. Communication, added the statement, is critical in this type of situation both for those in the area and their families and friends that are anxious to receive news. We’ve activated Safety Check, so if you’re in Paris, you can mark yourself safe or check on your friends and family.
Elsewhere, Uber has also announced it has suspended its service in Paris. “Violence like this has no place in any city or country in the world”, Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Friday.
He say that initially they (Facebook) were first inspired to create the tool after the Tsunami in Japan in 2011.
Facebook has activiated its Safety Check several times in the past year alone, including for the Nepal and Chilean earthquakes in April and September, respectively.
Facebook is mourning France just like everyone else in the world right now and they want to show that they care by enabling you to do the same, with only one click.
It has been used for other disasters, including the quake in Chile in September, and Hurricane Patricia and the quake in Pakistan in October.
Many people are using it in France this morning following a coordinated series of attacks last night that killed at least 140 people.
Facebook Safety Check is a feature managed by social networking company Facebook.
It also distributed an undated video in which a militant said France would not live peacefully as long it took part in US-led bombing raids against them.
