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A Facebook safety check app feature developed by Facebook Israel allows people to know if their loved ones are safe during a natural disaster. The feature was recently used in the Paris terror attacks. Critics would like to see the tool used in situations similar to the Paris massacre.
Facebook's deployment of the safety check app was used by four million people in France and 360 million around the world during the Paris attacks. However, the move came under criticism when people in Lebanon asked why the recent bombing in Beirut that killed 43 was not on Facebook's safety check list.
"Many people have rightfully asked why we turned on Safety Check for Paris but not for bombings in Beirut and other places," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was quoted as saying in a report by Reuters.
"Yesterday 100 innocent dead in Lebanon Attack, 500 innocent dead in Palestine, 200 Dead In Yemen, last year 400,000 dead in Syria, 5 years ago 1.5 million dead in iraq," said one Facebook user. "Yet No one Says Word, The world Stands silent. And In Paris Attack Today 150 Dead."
However, Zuckerberg explained the Paris Attack was the first incident of its kind to be covered by Facebook's safety check app tool. Before the Paris incident, the safety check app was used exclusively for natural disasters. Now, it will also be used for human disasters.
In the latest news related to Facebook's safety check, the social media giant is already using Nigeria safety check on Facebook after bombings in Yola City that killed more than 30 on Tuesday night.
