Facebook introduces ‘ Community Help’ feature with a way for people to provide or get help after disasters or emergency.
The new feature provides a forum at the leading social network where help can be offered to the victims of flood, earthquakes, fires and other kinds of natural or accidental tragedies.
Facebook Vice President, Product Management for Social Good Naomi Gleit said that in times of crisis, connecting is more important than ever.
Gleit said that Safety Check had been activated hundreds of times but they knew they could do more to empower the community to help one another.
Community Help is being added to Safety Check initially in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Saudi Arabia and will be expanded as it is refined, according to Facebook. Safety Check is activated after Facebook receives alerts from global crisis reporting agencies and posts regarding the incidents spike at the social network.
