Facebook activates its 'Safety Check' feature again after a deadly bombing in Nigeria

Rob PriceNov 18, 2015, 15:26 IST

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (R) speaks during an onstage interview with James Bennet (L) of the Atlantic Magazine in Washington, September 18, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstREUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Facebook has activated its "Safety Check" feature again after a deadly bombing in Nigeria that has left at least 32 dead and 80 injured.

Late Tuesday night (US time), CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a post on Facebook that the tool was being switched on. Safety Check allows users to mark themselves "safe" following "tragic events."

Historically it has been used in response to natural disasters, like the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal that killed thousands. But this weekend, Facebook decided to broaden its scope, and switched it on in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris that killed 129 people and injured hundreds.

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The social network subsequently came under some criticism for this decision: A day before Paris, a terrorist attack in Beirut killed more than 40 people, but Facebook did not activate Safety Check.

Here's the full post from Zuck about the Nigeria bombing:

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Facebook activates its 'Safety Check' feature again after a deadly bombing in Nigeria

Here's the full post from Zuck about the Nigeria bombing:

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