Tuesday 17 November 2015
In a time when everyone is far too familiar with incidents of natural and unanticipated disaster, there is a great need to explore faster and more effective methods of activating relief efforts. Communications technologies — including social and mobile tools — play an ever increasing role in emergency response and rescue efforts, as well as overall personal safety. Just hours after coordinated attacks in Paris left at least 127 people dead and injured more than 350, Facebook activated its Safety Check tool. The tool, which automatically sends users in the affected area a prompt asking if they’re safe, notifies Facebook…
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