Facebook activates ‘Safety Check’ after Nigeria attack

facebookFacebook activated its “Safety Check” feature in Nigeria after more than 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in a blast at a market in the northeastern city of Yola.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the social network, made the announcement in a post on his account early Wednesday.

“We’ve activated Safety Check again after the bombing in Nigeria this evening,” Zuckerberg said after Tuesday’s attack.

Facebook’s decision to implement the feature – which allows users to “check-in” and let family and friends know they’re safe – comes after the network received a heavy backlash for activating it for the attacks in Paris on Friday – but not after bomb blasts hit the Lebanese capital, Beirut, a day earlier.

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2 Comments

  1. November 19, 2015

    there are still some of us who have’nt understood that black and white are one and the same people our colour is the only difference.

  2. derp
    November 18, 2015

    he’s trying to save face…

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