Monday, March 28, 2016

Attack in Pakistan, the Facebook gaffe: “safety check” even Italians users – The Messenger

“Are you okay? The explosion also affected you? “: On full alert terrorism, moments of anxiety in Italy on Easter Sunday for many Facebook users who are seen arriving on the phone or the account of the social networks ‘safety check’, the application that Mark Zuckerberg’s company operating in the event of terrorist attacks or natural disasters that occurred in the vicinity. The dispatch, following the attack on Taliban suicide bomber struck Sunday Pakistani city Lahore causing 70 deaths, left for error to users around the world because of a ‘bug’ algorithm that adjusts based service the geolocation. the company Zuckerberg was then rushed to explain: “We have activated the Safety Check in Lahore after the explosion. Unfortunately, not many people affected by the crisis have received a notification asking if they were right, “it said in a statement posted online. “This type of bug is contrary to our intentions – continues the statement of the social network -. We worked quickly to resolve the issue and we apologize to anyone who has received a notification in error. “

It is not the first time that the safety check of Facebook ends at the center of controversy, even for the disparity in treatment shown in the past: in a post which became viral, the Lebanese blogger Joey Ayoub had criticized Facebook for failing to send any notification, following the double suicide bombing in Beirut last November.

         

             Monday, March 28, 2016, 10:02 – Last Updated: 17:32
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