New Facebook tool to alert friends if you’re safe after a disaster

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New Facebook tool to alert friends if you’re safe after a disaster

Social networking site Facebook announced a new system that would allow users to let their friends know that they are safe a disaster. Called Safety Check, the tool will allow a user’s friends to also check on him and mark him as safe. Safety Check automatically activates when a natural disaster occurs. If a user is in an affected area, a Facebook notification will ask if the user is safe. This is done by “looking at the city you have listed in your profile, your last location if you’ve opted in to the Nearby Friends product, and the city where you are using the Internet.”

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