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Keeping its word to make 'Safety Check' a permanent
feature, Facebook is rolling out a 'Safety Check' page that would help users
find emergency information and potentially help others in need.
Facebook sees enough reason to make 'Safety Check'
a fixture of its site as natural disasters, terrorism and conflict have become
frequent.
"There's now a single place to go to see where
'Safety Check' has recently been activated, get the information you need and
potentially be able to help affected areas. We will gradually roll this out in
the upcoming weeks," Facebook said in a post late on Monday.
Though it will take a lot of digging to find this
feature, it'll help users find emergency information and potentially help
others in need.
'Safety Check' was introduced in 2011 and was used
for only natural disasters until 2015 Paris attack.
It was later widely used in terror attacks that
took place in London, Nice and Berlin.
The feature sends a notification to friends of
those who check in - confirming they have been marked as safe.
This also opens up ways for the people to offer
help for those who are in need of help like food, shelter or medicines.
On the similar lines, Facebook introduced
"Community Help" feature in February and claimed that it was inspired
by the response to flooding in Chennai in which many people opened up their
homes for the affected.
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