{"id":4640,"date":"2017-08-22T09:10:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T09:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2017-08-27T04:28:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T04:28:12","slug":"safety-check-permanent-feature-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/08\/22\/safety-check-permanent-feature-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Safety Check\u2019 to be permanent feature on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keeping its word to make \u2018Safety Check\u2019 a permanent feature, Facebook is rolling out a \u2018Safety Check\u2019 page that would help users find emergency information and potentially help others in need.Facebook sees enough reason to make \u2018Safety Check\u2019 a fixture of its site as natural disasters, terrorism and conflict have become frequent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s now a single place to go to see where \u2018Safety Check\u2019 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,\u201d Facebook said in a post late on Monday.<\/p>\n

Though it will take a lot of digging to find this feature, it\u2019ll help users find emergency information and potentially help others in need.<\/p>\n

Facebook sees enough reason to make Safety Check a fixture of its site as natural disasters, terrorism and conflict have become frequent enough.<\/p>\n

\u2018Safety Check\u2019 was introduced in 2011 and was used for only natural disasters until 2015 Paris attack.watch full Kong: Skull Island 2017 movie online<\/a><\/p>\n

It was later widely used in terror attacks that took place in London, Nice and Berlin.<\/p>\n

The feature sends a notification to friends of those who check in\u2014confirming they have been marked as safe.<\/p>\n

This also opens up ways for the people to offer help for those who are in need of help like food, shelter or medicines.<\/p>\n

On the similar lines, Facebook introduced \u201cCommunity Help\u201d 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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Picture courtesy: Alamy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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