Facebook gets flak for Beirut-Paris ‘double standard’

Facebook’s decision to implement its “safety check” feature for the attacks in Paris, but not after bomb blasts in Beirut a day earlier, has prompted debate online. The company introduced the feature shortly after the coordinated attacks across Paris late on Friday, which left at least 129 people dead. The function allowed users in the Paris region to “check-in” and let family members and friends

[mekurayanagi]

安否確認機能はレバノンと状況が違う言い訳が通用するけど、国旗はフェイスブックの内面ダダ漏れでどうしようもないんじゃないの。

[digitalglm]

Facebook gets flak for Beirut-Paris 'double standard' - Al Jazeera English: Site's "safety check" feature was…

[flagburner]

"... I do see this as Facebook attempting to insert itself at the heart of world events by providing a false sense of connectivity and empathy through changing a profile picture or 'checking in' after a disaster, which is more troublesome to me," Bina Shah said.

[u-chan]

そりゃ、言うよね。大きな会社の社会的行動も余程注意しておかないと思わぬことになりかねない。