FACEBOOK SAFETY CHECK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THE NIGERIAN YOLA CRISIS

According to reports from Aljazeera, facebook activated its "Safety Check" feature in Nigeria after more than 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in a blast at a market in the northeastern city of Yola, Nigeria.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the social network, made the announcement saying, "After the tuesday attack, Facebook's decision to implement the feature- which allows users to check-in and let family and friends know they are safe, comes after the network received a heavy backlash for activating it for the attack in Paris on Friday, but not after bomb blast hit the Lebanese capital, beruit, a day earlier."

Critics accused Mark of valuing the lives of Western victims more than those in other regions. mark said, "After the Paris attack last week, we made the decision to use Safety Check for more tragic events like this going forward. We are now working quickly to develop criteria for the new policy and determine when and how this service can be most useful"