Facebook activates Safety Check for Nice after truck rams into parade
 

Facebook activates Safety Check for Nice after truck rams into parade
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Facebook has activated its Safety Check feature for Nice, France, after a truck rammed into a crowd in the city during a Bastille Day parade, killing and injuring dozens.

The Safety Check feature lets users **tify others on Facebook that they're safe following a dangerous event in the area, such as an earthquake, mass shooting or explosion.*

SEE ALSO: Dozens dead after truck plows into Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France


Facebook has activated the feature in different situations across the planet, from terrorist attacks in Paris that left 130 dead in **vember to, recently, a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that left 49 dead. Read more...


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