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Facebook Safety Check Creates False Alarm in Bangkok
Facebook users in Bangkok were falsely alerted to an "explosion" in the Thai capital, after the social network acti- vated its Safety Check feature.
It allows Facebook users in danger zones to mark themselves as safe, but in this instance was triggered by a pro- tester throwing firecrack- ers.
Facebook said it relied on a "trusted third party to confirm the incident".
But the way it was labelled misled many online as people started sharing false news of a blast.
Facebook has recently faced criticism for allow- ing fake news to prolifer- ate.
What actually happened in Bangkok
On Tuesday, a protester threw small firecrackers at a government building in Bangkok (link in Thai).
According to Facebook, this triggered the Safety Check feature at about 21:00 local time which created a page titled "The Explosion in Bangkok, Thailand" and people started marking themselves as safe.
The page also pulled in a link from a website called bangkokin- former.com referencing a BBC breaking news video about an explo- sion in Bangkok, but the video was in fact taken
in 2015 in reference to a blast at the Erawan shrine.
How does Safety Check work?
When Facebook first introduced the safety feature tool in 2014, it would activate the fea- ture manually. In November, Facebook changed course and said it would now be activated "by our com- munity".
Now, a third-party
source alerts Facebook when an incident occurs. The social plat- form then searches to see if users in the area are discussing the inci- dent.
If enough users are ref- erencing the incident, those in the area are invited to mark them- selves as safe.
According to Facebook, the title of the safety check is taken from the alert provided by the third-party source.
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