Facebook users no longer need to rely on the social network to activate its main crisis response tool. Safety Check, which lets you tell friends and family that you're safe during an emergency ...

Facebook, the wildly popular social networking platform, continued to see its user base skyrocket last year, but it was also stung by a near-constant barrage of criticism from privacy advocates that ...

Facebook's Safety Check feature is getting a permanent presence on the social network. Beginning today, the feature will have its own dedicated section on Facebook's app and website where users can ...

Facebook is updating its Safety Check feature to make it easier for people to find or give help such as food, shelter or transportation during local disasters. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (Matt ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Facebook has activated its "Safety Check" feature after a truck mowed down people on a bike path in New York City Tuesday afternoon. The feature allows users to let their friends know they are safe, ...

Facebook’s Safety Check system is powered, in part, by an algorithm that pulls from user posts and news sources to determine whether a catastrophic event has occurred. At first, it appeared the ...

The Chief Security Officer at Facebook, Mr Alex Stamos, says the company has redesigned its Safety Centre to enable people stay safe online. Stamos said in a statement on Friday in Lagos that the ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...