Istanbul Suicide Bombings: Facebook Activates “Safety Check”
Facebook’s safety check feature allows people to notify their friends if they are in the affected area.
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Image used for representation purpose. (Photo: iStockphoto)
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- Social networking giant Facebook activated its safety check feature for users after a suicide attack killed 36 people at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Tuesday night.
- The bombing dominated social media on Tuesday, with #Istanbul trending worldwide on Twitter, along with #terorelanetolsun (a cursing condemnation of terrorism in Turkish) and Ataturk Havalimani’nda (‘at Ataturk airport’ in Turkish). #PrayforTurkey was also trending.
- Facebook’s safety check feature allows people to notify their friends if they are in the affected area and mark themselves as safe, by clicking or tapping on the “I’m Safe” button.
(With IANS inputs)
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