Safety Check to be permanent on Facebook

Safety Check to be permanent on Facebook
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Keeping its word to make \'Safety Check\' a permanent feature, Facebook is rolling out a \'Safety Check\' page that would help users find emergency information and potentially help others in need.

Keeping its word to make 'Safety Check' a permanent feature, Facebook is rolling out a 'Safety Check' page that would help users find emergency information and potentially help others in need.

Facebook sees enough reason to make 'Safety Check' a fixture of its site as natural disasters, terrorism and conflict have become frequent. "There's now a single place to go to see where 'Safety Check' has recently been activated, get the information you need and potentially be able to help affected areas. We will gradually roll this out in the upcoming weeks," Facebook said in a post.

Though it will take a lot of digging to find this feature, it'll help users find emergency information and potentially help others in need. Facebook sees enough reason to make Safety Check a fixture of its site as natural disasters, terrorism and conflict have become frequent enough. 'Safety Check' was introduced in 2011 and was used for only natural disasters until 2015 Paris attack.

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