Facebook Tests 'Safe' User Tag For Disasters

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Submitted by aesoteric on Tuesday February 28, 2012 @02:27AM

aesoteric writes "Facebook has embarked on a nationwide test of a new disaster message board for users across Japan. The feature allows users to mark themselves as being "safe" in the event of a disaster. Doing so introduces a "safe" insignia next to their name on their profile. The Facebook announcement appeared to be geoblocked."
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