Facebook sets up safety check for Chennai friends

Quickly find and connect with friends in the area: Facebook Safety Check page

Update: 2015-11-14 10:46 GMT

Facebook launched a check-in feature to let people know that friends in Chennai are safe after recent heavy downpour and floods in the city. The "Chennai Flooding" safety check lets people signal whether they were out of harm's way, then notified all those they know at the leading social network.

Click here to know if your friends and family are safe in Chennai 

"Quickly find and connect with friends in the area," a message at the Facebook Safety Check page read. "Mark them safe if you know they're OK." The feature also allowed people to check which friends listed as being in Chennai had not yet checked in as safe.

 

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