Facebook’s ‘Safety Check’ system that they launched back in 2014 is actually a pretty nifty feature. It was created, to my knowledge, to help relatives and friends alike know the status of those they know in disaster affected areas of the world.
Over the weekend there was a deadly explosion near Lahore, Pakistan which unfortunately left 65 people dead and over 300 injured. Facebook’s code for this program however glitches and tons of people all over received notifications asking whether or not they were in the affected zone and safe.
Twitter’s resident cheerleader posted about it and it was actually how I first found out.
Facebook later apologized for the screw up.
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