Community Help comes as an update to the Safety Check button, which was added to the social network back in 2014 to let users tell their friends they're safe when disasters occur. When Facebook receives an alert that an incident has happened it checks local users' posts and, if it sees a spike in activity, activates Safety Check.
Initially only available for natural disasters, the company first activated it for human disasters during the Paris attacks in 2015. To start with, Community Help will only be activated during natural events, such as earthquakes, tsunamis and fires.
The feature is available in six countries to begin with, including the US, India and Saudi Arabia, with a plan to expand to all countries after a few weeks of testing.
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