Facebook adds invite tool to Safety Check

When Facebook’s Safety Check feature was pushed out earlier this year following the terrorist attacks in Paris, it received criticism for not activating the tool for bombings in Beirut and other areas of crisis.

The feature has since raised concerns over its algorithms and effectiveness when it incorrectly notified people as far away as the U.S. following an earthquake in Pakistan.

But Safety Check is about to undergo a big change that could better serve people in areas getting less media attention and relies more on the people in those regions to spread the word.  Read more...