The social network Facebook is not just a place to gossip outside through publications and friendships lives. It has also become a channel of information where to be aware of today, and of what lives every friend or relative. So it is routinely used when trying to contact people in times of crisis. Something that Facebook knows well, and so created the Safety Check, which focuses on making these friends know if a user affected by a natural disaster is safe function. However, after the terrorist attacks of 13 in Paris last Friday, Facebook will use its Safety Check on upcoming cases of terrorism and other similar situations.
This has been made known VP growth of Facebook, Alex Schultz, who has published a statement on Facebook about the new use of this feature. In that article, Schultz explained the reasons why Facebook Safety Check activated in a terrorism case, to avoid focusing on the anxiety of not knowing if the person who lives in Paris is safe or not. However, it also faces the criticism for having enabled this feature in the case of Paris, and also not in the recent bombing in Beirut, where two suicide have left more than 40 dead and 200 wounded.
In response, the vice president of growth explains that Facebook found a high use of social network for the attacks in Paris, trying to find information about family and friends who live there. After discuss it among their workers, they decided to conduct the experiment and apply Safety Check this case, where a natural disaster is not the cause of the situation. This implies several changes in the policies of use and operation of the tool. And it is that, Schultz explains that there is a starting point and end to the risk in such situations, as with earthquakes. Thus, information is more sensitive, and there is no clear time that can ensure the welfare of the people. That is why it is a first experiment by Facebook, trying to continue to provide useful features to their users, but in this case is being developed for its own use. Why it was not used in the case of Beirut.
However, the head of Facebook says Safety Check will restart in those complex tessitura that go beyond natural disasters, so it is expected that new notifications arise in areas where terrorism strikes society. Of course, they are trying to improve their performance and define their mode of action in every situation.
Safety Check alarms occur to users who are in critical situations and places either by a natural disaster like an earthquake or terrorist attacks now. With it the user can confirm that it is safe. This creates a notice to all your friends on Facebook reporting that is fine, no need to reply to each message or having to publications for all his followers.
This has been made known VP growth of Facebook, Alex Schultz, who has published a statement on Facebook about the new use of this feature. In that article, Schultz explained the reasons why Facebook Safety Check activated in a terrorism case, to avoid focusing on the anxiety of not knowing if the person who lives in Paris is safe or not. However, it also faces the criticism for having enabled this feature in the case of Paris, and also not in the recent bombing in Beirut, where two suicide have left more than 40 dead and 200 wounded.
In response, the vice president of growth explains that Facebook found a high use of social network for the attacks in Paris, trying to find information about family and friends who live there. After discuss it among their workers, they decided to conduct the experiment and apply Safety Check this case, where a natural disaster is not the cause of the situation. This implies several changes in the policies of use and operation of the tool. And it is that, Schultz explains that there is a starting point and end to the risk in such situations, as with earthquakes. Thus, information is more sensitive, and there is no clear time that can ensure the welfare of the people. That is why it is a first experiment by Facebook, trying to continue to provide useful features to their users, but in this case is being developed for its own use. Why it was not used in the case of Beirut.
However, the head of Facebook says Safety Check will restart in those complex tessitura that go beyond natural disasters, so it is expected that new notifications arise in areas where terrorism strikes society. Of course, they are trying to improve their performance and define their mode of action in every situation.
Safety Check alarms occur to users who are in critical situations and places either by a natural disaster like an earthquake or terrorist attacks now. With it the user can confirm that it is safe. This creates a notice to all your friends on Facebook reporting that is fine, no need to reply to each message or having to publications for all his followers.
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