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| Science & Technology |
| Facebook adds feature to help people in crisis |
| 2017-02-08 |
| [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] Facebook launched Safety Check in 2014 to help people inform friends and loved ones that they were safe following natural disasters and other crises. On Wednesday, Facebook adds a new feature to Safety Check called Community Help. As its name suggests, the feature is meant to help people in need request assistance after a fire, earthquake or other natural disaster, or to make it simpler for the people who can lend a hand provide food, shelter or other assistance. Facebook is initially launching Community Help in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Saudi Arabia as it learns how people uses the feature and seeks to improve it. The social network plans to then open it up to other countries and additional types of incidents. People can view posts by location and by category (food, baby supplies, shelter, etc.). Facebook says it consulted outfits like the Red Cross to come up with the category list. And folks can send direct messages to helpers through the feature. Facebook’s vice president for Social Good Naomi Gleit says that two things need to happen before Safety Check (and ultimately Community Help) can be activated. For starters, global crisis reporting agencies NC4 and iJET International must alert Facebook that an incident has occurred and give it a title. When that happens, Facebook begins monitoring for posts about the incident in the area. Second, if a lot of people are talking about the incident, they may be prompted to mark themselves safe, and invite others to do the same. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 WTF? The bloody machines ARE the 'crisis.' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-02-08 13:04 |