BANGKOK: Facebook on Wednesday issued a statement explaining the activation of its “Safety Check” feature, which triggered an alarm on Tuesday about an explosion in Bangkok, The Nation reported.
In fact, the “explosion” was a barrage of firecrackers hurled at Government House by a single protester on Tuesday morning.
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