Facebook ‘Safety Check’ helps you tell friends and family you’re safe during natural disasters

Facebook is adding a feature called ‘Safety Check‘ to help its users broadcast their health and whereabouts during natural disasters. The tool will be available on the Web, iOS, Android and feature phones. When the user is deemed inside an affected area, Facebook will send an alert or push notification asking whether they’re okay. From the Safety Check dashboard, users can then see which of their friends are in the same area and the number that have already marked themselves as safe on Facebook. Once the user has confirmed they’re out of harm’s way, a Safety Check notification will appear...

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