Online outcry pushes Facebook to activate ‘safety check’ after Nigeria bombings

‘Following heavy online criticism for double standards, Facebook activated its ‘safety check’ feature in Nigeria, where two terrorist attacks took the lives of nearly 50 people in two days. The feature was activated earlier during the deadly Paris attacks.

“We’ve activated Safety Check again after the bombing in Nigeria this evening,” Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his account on Wednesday.

“After the Paris attacks last week, we made the decision to use Safety Check for more tragic events like this going forward. We’re now working quickly to develop criteria for the new policy and determine when and how this service can be most useful,” he added.’

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