Summary Facebook Safety Check tool went faulty, sending notifications all over and not just Pakistan.
LAHORE (Web Desk) – A Facebook glitch in the social media website’s security check feature caused confusion and a scare for many, as notifications were sent to its users across the globe after an explosion in Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park left 65 dead and over 300 wounded.
Facebook Safety Check tool seems to have undergone some sort of error as it was turned on and sent notifications to everyone it thought was near the bomb blast site; everyone in this case turned out to be people all across the world including those in the UK and US, not just Pakistan.
What s going on and why am I getting a Facebook safety check? pic.twitter.com/YhlopQrhfk
— ciaomichaella (@ciaomichaella) March 27, 2016
Facebook’s technical team quickly tried to correct the problem, with the website’s Spokesperson commenting that it had activated the Safety Check feature in Lahore and apologized to those who had received the notification out of Pakistan by mistake. The Spokesperson further added that the technical team was working to fix the problem.
The social media website’s feature has previously come under criticism as well for being selective as to when the feature should turn on. The tool has also been criticized for being too slow in turning on including during the time of Brussels attack, where the feature was turned on after a few hours of the onslaught. Earlier, the Safety Check had angered many, for turning on only in instances of major Western disasters.
