(Israel21c) Abigail Leichman - In the wake of the Paris tragedy, some 4.1 million people checked in with friends and relatives using Facebook's Safety Check feature, developed at the Tel Aviv headquarters of Facebook Israel. Around 360 million people received automatic messages through it from friends in Paris who had marked themselves as "safe." Paris marked the first time Safety Check was activated following a terror attack. Facebook Growth VP Alex Schultz said: "We chose to activate Safety Check in Paris because we observed a lot of activity on Facebook as the events were unfolding. In the middle of a complex, uncertain situation affecting many people, Facebook became a place where people were sharing information and looking to understand the condition of their loved ones."
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