Facebook apologises for Safety Check glitch after Pakistan blast


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  • Monday, 28 Mar 2016

Pakistani women mourn the death of relatives after a bomb blast in Lahore on March 27, 2016. At least 25 people were killed and dozens injured when an explosion ripped through the parking lot of a crowded park where many minority Christians had gone to celebrate Easter Sunday in the Pakistani city Lahore, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / ARIF ALI

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook apologised for a bug that sent a Safety Check notification to users around the world following a deadly suicide bombing in Pakistan. 

Facebook users from Honolulu to Brussels and Cairo to Hong Kong were baffled by the notification, a feature that lets users signal to friends that they are safe following an event in their area like a terror attack or natural disaster. 

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